New Cancer Drug Costs $93,000
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 28th, 2010 4:53 am by HL
New Cancer Drug Costs $93,000
A new drug therapy for cancer treatment, Provenge, costs $93,000 but only and adds an averae of four months’ survival for men with incurable prostate tumors. Bob Svensson, an 80-year-old former CFO, said the only reason he got it is because insurance paid. “I would not spend that money,” because the benefit doesn’t seem worth it, he said.