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Colorado’s new prescription drug review board decided that a medication costing more than $200,000 a year doesn’t qualify as “unaffordable,” based on the drug’s benefits to patients and the availability of coupons to cover out-of-pocket costs.
The Prescription Drug Affordability Board unanimously voted against declaring Trikafta, a drug to treat cystic fibrosis, unaffordable at a meeting Friday morning. If the board had determined it was unaffordable, it would have kicked off a process of setting a maximum price.
Colorado’s new prescription drug review board decided that a medication costing more than $200,000 a year doesn’t qualify as “unaffordable,” based on the drug’s benefits to patients and the availability of coupons to cover out-of-pocket costs.