What would be your guess for the price of the world’s costliest medicine? Rs. 50 lacs or Rs. 1 Crore? Well, here’s a drug that’s going to surpass whatever guess you might make. Spinal muscular atrophy or SMA, a disease that was fatal till 2020 is now curable with this new drug Zolgensma. It costs a whopping ₹18 crore making it the world’s costliest drug ever.
Why is it so expensive? Read on to know more about it.
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Viruses don’t usually discriminate but it has been observed that the impact of Covid-19 is markedly different for the two major genders. The health, social and economic impact of the virus itself and the pandemic is different for men and women globally.
The death rate comes as the first surprising difference! Till date least 7 lakh people have lost their lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The worldwide data of COVID fatalities suggests that males are more susceptible to COVID-19 as compared to women and even fatalities among the males are higher, and India is no exception.
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There seem to be finally some good news coming our way on Covid-19 treatment. The US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has indicated that ‘remdesivir’ could be a possible treatment for coronavirus. They said that there is evidence that the experimental drug remdesivir might help patients recover a lot more quickly from the infection.
Although none of the drugs have been approved by the US FDA as yet, for the treatment of the coronavirus, an announcement is expected from the FDA for emergency-use authorization for remdesivir, according to The New York Times.
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