Paying for Cures
Science is beginning to deliver long-hoped-for curative therapies, to nervous applause. Gene therapy is becoming a reality with the 2017 approval of three treatments in the U.S. for cancer and rare disease, many more products in the pipeline, revolutionary advances in cell-based therapy and gene editing, and investment accelerating at a rapid clip. These innovations, however, are making their debut just as pressures to constrain health care costs overall are intensifying. And our system is not set up to pay for cures, as providers that cover upfront costs are not often in a position to reap long-term cost savings. What innovative financing mechanisms would ensure that patients benefit from these exciting advances? How can technology and data enable more value-based care?
Moderator
Colleen Rye
Director, Research and Regulatory Policy, FasterCures
Speakers
Christiana Bardon
Managing Director, UBS Oncology Impact Fund, MPM Capital
Louis DeGennaro
President and CEO, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Joe La Barge
Chief Legal Officer, Spark Therapeutics
Mark Trusheim
Strategic Director, MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation
Cynthia Verst
President, Design and Delivery Innovation, IQVIA