lucentis injection cost per treatment
There are more than 200,000 new casesof exudative age-related macular degeneration(AMD) in the U.S. each year, 1 and we estimatethat about 85% are treatable. The cost ofLucentis is about $2227 per injection, 2 and theMARINA study 3 showed benefit from monthlyLucentis injections for two years. Therefore,after one year, Lucentis costs in the U.S. couldexceed $9 billion. 4 The fact that some physicians use less than24 treatments tempers this figure. For example,some use the PIER or PrONTO protocols. 5 Also, many providers currently treat exudativeAMD primarily with Avastin.
Avastinâs Benefits In contrast to Lucentisâ cost, the drug cost forAvastin is only about $50 per dose. Further,many clinicians have noted that Avastin seemsto be longer-acting than Lucentis, perhapsbecause Avastinâs larger size impedes clearancefrom the eye.