It's for aggressive leukemia in children and young adults. It's a fancy procedure actually, the patient's blood is drawn, its T-cells separated and then genetically modified, and then injected back into the patient. Sounds pretty costly. And it is. I don't want to answer the question "Is a human life worth $475,000?" Nor do I want to have to pay $475,000 to stay alive. Nor do I want to die, at least not just yet. Clearly I have some unresolved philosophical issues here. Norvartis calls this product/procedure "Kymriah".
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