People have many types of diseases all over the world. Some of which are possible to cure and some are incurable. At the same time there are some diseases whose treatment is very long and expensive. But if the cost of any one medicine is in crores, then the common man may never get his treatment.
The world's most expensive drug made for a rare disease. One dose of this is worth 1.79 million pounds i.e. 18.20 crores. However, scientists claim that a single dose of this medicine will cure the disease. The name of this expensive drug is Zolgensma and the disease for which this drug is made is Spinal Muscular Atrophy. The National Health Service of England has approved it for the treatment of SMA. Earlier, this medicine was approved by the US.
Every year around 80 children in England are born with SMA disease. In this disease, there may be paralysis in the spinal cord of the child. This happens due to the lack of a gene in the body. But this one drug is effective in the treatment of SMA. Complete the deficiency of this gene, the drug Zolgensma is highly effective. This single dose corrects the nervous system of the child by restoring the missing genes back into the body. But the point is, can everyone buy such an expensive medicine?
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