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CURRENT ALZHEIMER RESEARCH
Volume 17, Issue 9, Pages 819-822Publisher
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/1567205017666201203121907
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Alzheimer's disease; dementia; mild cognitive impairment; cost-effectiveness analysis; pricing; drug development; disease-modifying therapy
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Background: Recent trials suggest that disease-modifying therapy (DMT) for Alzheimer's disease may become available soon. With the expected high price and a large patient pool, the budget impact will be substantial. Objective: We explore combinations of effectiveness and price under which a DMT is cost-effective. Methods: We used an open-source model to conduct two-way scenario analyses for both payer and societal perspectives, varying price, and treatment effect size simultaneously. The analysis generates cost-effectiveness threshold prices over a potential range of DMT effectiveness in patients aged 65+ with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease in the US. Results: Under the willingness-to-pay a threshold of $150,000 per quality-adjusted life year and assuming 30% risk reduction relative to the standard of care, the maximum cost-effective price of a DMT per patient per year is similar to$22,000 and similar to$15,000 from societal and payer perspectives, respectively. Conclusion: Joint variation of price and treatment effect size can help assess the cost-effectiveness of a potential Alzheimer's disease treatment.
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