Ropeginterferon effective treatment for PV, ASH 2019 interview with Dr. Kiladjian

[PVReporter]

Hi Folks,

I know this drug is not available to everyone yet (nor in the U.S.), but I felt like the interview was worth sharing. Hope you enjoy - pvreporter.com/ropeginterfe...

Best,

David Wallace - PV Reporter

[Manouche]

Thanks for sharing. The new ropeginterferon is an alpha2 interferon, Actually quite similar to Pegasys which is also an alpha2 interferon. So, it would have been interesting to study the difference between the two, rather than comparing besremi versus HU. Why would medical authorities and insurance companies recognize the benefits of besremi over Pegasys if such studies don’t exist, knowing that besremi is about 10 times more expensive than Pegasys ?

[fernie in reply to Manouche]

I think ropeginterferon is more expensive than Pegasys.

[Manouche in reply to fernie]

About 10 times more I think