Price for Gilead's COVID-19 drug should shrink if cheap steroid widely used, ICER says

Price for Gilead's COVID-19 drug should shrink if cheap steroid widely used, ICER says

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BioPharma Dive
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Gilead's COVID-19 drug remdesivir would be cost effective at a price between $2,500 and $2,800 per treatment course if the steroid dexamethasone is also used to treat patients hospitalized with coronavirus infections, according to a new estimate published Wednesday by the nonprofit group known as ICER.