'It's a real-life Hunger Games': a lifesaving drug costs $2m, but not every child can get it - The Guardian

Zolgensma is a revolutionary gene therapy that can stop a deadly childhood condition called SMA in its tracks. It’s also one of the most expensive drugs in the world

Elizabeth Wraige remembers the first time she delivered the diagnosis. Parents feel as if theyve been hit by a sledgehammer, she says. Her patient, a baby boy, had been born tiny and perfect to overj… [+16170 chars]

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