Months Later, Sarepta's Controversial DMD Drug is Still Making Waves
When the FDA’s Janet Woodcock pushed through a controversial approval for Sarepta’s Exondys 51 for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in September, she created a test case for payers who were essentially being asked to reimburse for an experimental drug.
But instead of rolling with the situation and paying a price that starts at $300,000 or so a year, many of the payers are kicking back hard, according to a survey of payers conducted by Jefferies.
“We conducted in depth due diligence on Exondys 51 launch with 4 private payers, 3 Medicaid experts, and 2 DMD KOLs with experience in administering Exondys 51,” noted Jefferies Gena Wang, who had been in the large contingent of analysts who had predicted a rejection for Sarepta.
But instead of rolling with the situation and paying a price that starts at $300,000 or so a year, many of the payers are kicking back hard, according to a survey of payers conducted by Jefferies.
“We conducted in depth due diligence on Exondys 51 launch with 4 private payers, 3 Medicaid experts, and 2 DMD KOLs with experience in administering Exondys 51,” noted Jefferies Gena Wang, who had been in the large contingent of analysts who had predicted a rejection for Sarepta.