Protagonist Therapeutics’ drug rusfertide reduced the need for phlebotomies as a way to treat the rare blood cancer polycythemia vera. Longer-term Phase 3 data for the Takeda Pharmaceutical-partnered peptide drug were presented during the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology.
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When payors consider only the cost of the medication and not the cost and risk to the patient, doctor, and healthcare system, the irony is
