Affordable Anti-Rejection Drug As Effective as Higher Cost Option

A newer, less expensive drug used to suppress the immune system and prevent organ rejection in kidney and pancreas transplant patients works just as well as its much more expensive counterpart, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

Such discoveries are vital in an era of skyrocketing health care costs and debate over health reform, said lead investigator Alan C. Farney, M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor of surgery in the Department of General Surgery, Transplantation Services.

“I think it’s very important that the public consider cost, and that they ask their doctors if there are alternatives for them that are less expensive,” he said. “Why should we use one drug or intervention over another that is equally effective and a fraction of the cost?”

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