CSL’s hemophilia B gene therapy Hemgenix is the first medicine to be granted reimbursement through France’s experimental “direct access” program, several months after England’s HTA body dubbed the one-time product too expensive for national funding.
Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec), a one-time gene therapy from CSL Behring that has a US list price of $3.5m, has been granted full reimbursement for up to a year in France through a an exceptional access scheme launched two years ago.
France’s direct access program was introduced under a social security financing law that was passed in December 2021 (LFSS 2022)....
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