'Rare innovation to cure a deadly disease' – Gilead gives reasons why Harvoni tops patient spending list

21 April 2016

What is behind hepatitis C virus (HCV) drug Harvoni (ledipasvir/sofosbuvir) coming top of a list showing the medicines which accounted for the highest cumulative spending by US patients in 2015?

The drug, marketed by US biotech giant Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD), led to the most non-discounted spending, according to an IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics report.

Its list shows that, in total, $14.3 billion was forked out for Harvoni last year, which is more than the combined 2015 totals of Humira (adalimumab) and Sovaldi (sofosbuvir), which were joint-top in the 2014 list.

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