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“Is curing patients a sustainable business model?” Goldman Sachs analysts ask | Ars Technica
'For a real-world example, they pointed to Gilead Sciences, which markets treatments for hepatitis C that have cure rates exceeding 90 percent. '
'In 2015, the company’s hepatitis C treatment sales peaked at $12.5 billion. '
'The report noted that diseases such as common cancers—where the “incident pool remains stable”—are less risky for business. '
'While this proposition carries tremendous value for patients and society, it could represent a challenge for genome medicine developers looking for sustained cash flow. '
'But as more people were cured and there were fewer infected individuals to spread the disease, sales began to languish. '