Even the enemy should not get this disease, the most expensive medicine in the world, one dose costs Rs. 29 crores!


World's most expensive drug: The American company Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has recognized the world's most expensive drug. The cost of this drug is so high that most people in the world cannot afford it. One dose of this medicine used in the treatment of hemophilia is not 2-5 lakhs but Rs. 28 crore worth. The name of this drug is Hemgenix and it is manufactured by a pharmaceutical company called CSS Behring. Hemophilia is a type of blood disorder. Which is a genetic disease and occurs in very few people. Hemophilia causes the blood clotting process in the body to slow down and due to this the blood flowing through the body cannot be stopped quickly. This disease is more common in men than women. Hemophilia is mainly of two types. Hemophilia type A and hemophilia type B. CSS Baring's drug is effective in hemophilia type B.

Are there any medications available other than Hemgenics?

This medicine is given only once. As part of its effect, it is claimed to have reduced bleeding cases by 54 percent. Factor IX is currently used to treat hemophilia. But this treatment also takes a lot of time and is quite expensive. While a single dose of Hemgenics saves patients from the hassle of regular treatment, the cost is much higher. Also experts claim that its cost is high but its chances of success are also high.

Hemgenics is the most expensive drug according to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review. This organization assesses the cost of medicines and other medical products. According to him, HemGenix is ​​very expensive compared to Zinteglo ($2.8 million) and Zolgenzma ($2.1 million), which are used for single-dose gene therapy.

Why is HemGenix so expensive?

The drugs used in gene therapy are very expensive compared to other drugs. This medicine is kept in view of its clinical, social, economic and innovative value. Also, the company says that since this is a single-dose therapy, the cost of the drug is lower than the injections already used to treat hemophilia type B. If hemophilia type B is treated with the old method, the patient may have to spend two million dollars in his entire life. While the cost of Hemgenics is 35 lakh dollars. If seen this way, this medicine can be called cheap.

What is Hemophilia B?

About one person out of forty thousand people suffers from 'Hemophilia B' disease. Which is more common in men than women. The disease is caused by a disturbance in the genetic code. In which a person's body does not produce a protein called Factor 9, which is essential for blood clotting. Due to which a person can have fatal bleeding. Its treatment requires a person to take injections of Factor 9 for several weeks. But hemogenics uses a lab-made virus that contains a gene that produces factor 9. This can cause blood clots.

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