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The High Cost of Medicines for Rare Diseases
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The healthcare system can afford expensive medicines for rare diseases since they only affect a small number of people compared to more common illnesses. Many of these medicines cost over $100,000 a year. An advertisement for Athletic Greens appears in the text.
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Many of the precision medicine and gene therapy medications that are now available are very expensive, costing over $100,000 per year.
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Many of the precision medicine and gene therapy medications that are now available are very expensive, costing over $100,000 per year. These medicines are typically used to treat rare diseases, but the healthcare system pays for them because the numbers of people with these diseases are small enough that the cost is a drop in the bucket compared to more common illnesses.
ChapterThe High Cost of Medicines for Rare Diseases
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