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uniQure partner prices gene therapy Glybera at EUR 1.1M

November 27, 2014 1:56 AM UTC

Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A (Parma, Italy) has filed a pricing dossier for Glybera alipogene tiparvovec with Germany's Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) that pegs the price of the gene therapy at over EUR 1 million. Chiesi has commercial rights to Glybera in Europe from uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ:QURE).

In the dossier, Chiesi seeks a retail price of EUR 53,000 ($65,625) per vial, or about EUR 1.1 million ($1.4 million) for a 62.5 kg patient who would require 21 vials. ...