J&J Says Bedaquiline TB Treatment Cost ‘Fair,’ $1/Day Price ‘Unrealistic’

Johnson & Johnson maintains its game-changing antibiotic bedaquiline for drug-resistant tuberculosis is priced "fairly" at $400 for a six-month course, and terms calls by public health advocates to cut the cost to $1 a day “not realistic.”

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J&J Lays Out Pricing Rationale For TB Drug • Source: Shutterstock

Johnson & Johnson is maintaining that its planned $400 price for a six-month course of bedaquiline that kicks in early this month for many tuberculosis-affected countries is sustainable and fair.

“That $400 is equivalent to the cost of many of the old generic antibiotics that don’t work” for treating drug-resistant...

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