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Cancer therapy approved by FDA uses body’s own cells as a ‘living drug’ (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[–] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Iovance Biotherapeutics has priced the therapy, branded Amtagvi, at $515,000 per patient.

Well thank goodness these kind souls made it so affordable. And im sure it will come down in price after its really proven to be effective right?

I'm sure the RnD for this was expensive af but ffs man, even with insurance thats probably going to be out of reach for so many people.

[–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Charging people for their own cells, too!

[–] lemmy_user_838586@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Pretty close to Michael Crichton's book "Next". Without the persons consent, they steal the cell line of someone who's cells naturally fight off cancer, create a cancer fighting drug, and then patent it, so the company legally owns that persons cells, and has a legal right to them with or without the person's consent.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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