most expensive common medications
Soliris wins the prize as the most expensive drug in the United States. Unlike many of the drugs on this list, at least Soliris can claim to be a very effective drug, treating paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, a disorder affecting about 8,000 Americans.
In 2014, a new hepatitis C drug came to market, an innovative treatment offering a cure for a disease that desperately needed one. The price tag: about $84,000 for a 12-week course of treatment, enough to make it the most expensive prescription drug in America. In the medical world, the halls of insurance offices nationwide and even our nationâs Capitol, all hell broke loose. The drug, Gilead Sciences Inc.âs Sovaldi GILD, -0.34% remains the most expensive drug in America today, topping a list compiled by drug price comparison website GoodRx. Second on the list is its sister drug Harvoni, which combines Sovaldi with another drug.
And the title of âMost Expensive Drug in the Entire Worldâ goes to Glybera, a drug so far not approved in the U.S. but recently approved in the European Union. Glybera is a gene therapy used to treat a condition called familial lipoprotein lipase deficiency, a disease affecting only about one in 1 million people.