Prognosis
Gene Therapy Was Hailed as a Revolution. Then Came the Bill
- Cost of new treatments may run into the millions of dollars
- Novartis looks to spread costs of therapy over five years
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Dozens of revolutionary gene therapies that mend faulty strands of DNA are on their way, bringing the power to eliminate lethal childhood diseases, rare blood disorders and other severe illnesses.
Beneath the excitement about these potential cures lies an important catch: No one knows how much to charge for them.