Comments on: Negotiating A Price For Kalydeco http://localhost/cf/?p=97 --- ARCHIVED SITE --- Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:05:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: How To Get Kalydeco Funded In Canada | Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Treatment CouncilCanadian Cystic Fibrosis Treatment Council http://localhost/cf/?p=97#comment-135 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:05:48 +0000 http://localhost/cf?p=97#comment-135 […] the more than two years it took to get to this point. As we stated here earlier, in a post titled Negotiating a Price for Kalydeco, on December 21, 2013: “… they are doing so with one arm tied behind their backs.” In the […]

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By: James http://localhost/cf/?p=97#comment-5 Mon, 23 Dec 2013 18:03:26 +0000 http://localhost/cf?p=97#comment-5 The term “negotiation” is out of place here. I think you should have said that the Canadian negotiators really have both hands tied behind their backs given the “take it or leave” stance by Vertex who are no doubt heedful of the fact that they really can’t afford (a relative term) to give Canada much of a break beyond what they have in place in terms of costing agreements with the countries that are already paying for Kalydeco. If they did, surely that news would get out one day, and those countries would come back to Vertex for a similar deal and maybe even a refund.

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