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WGBH
01/31/2020
Incentives for Rare Diseases: the Right Healthcare Priorities?
Dr. Peter Bach joins Innovation Hub Radio by WGBH to discuss how incentives provided through policies have rewarded innovation for rare drugs and whether these are the right national healthcare priorities today.
"Funding the Cure: But For Whom?"
In this segment, the Drug Pricing Lab's Dr. Peter Bach joins Innovation Hub Radio by WGBH to discuss how incentives provided through policies have rewarded innovation for rare drugs and whether these are the right national healthcare priorities today.
These rewards for rare diseases have proven to be effective as more resources are directed toward developing gene therapies for orphan indications at the expense of potentially advancing treatment for America's largest killers, like heart disease or decreasing patient out-of-pocket costs.
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