The slower pace of getting gene therapies to patients will most likely require the development of new standards and means of production. (Photo: Getty)
Despite the enormous promise of gene therapies, challenges in producing those therapies may put them out of reach of most American consumers at least in the near future, a new report said.
The report by the PWC Health Research Institute (HRI), outlines a myriad of challenges for gene therapies. Such therapies often are modified for single patients, raising questions of the scalability of the treatments. Rapid production is difficult—but patients are often facing life-threatening diseases and may not have much time. Supply chains and availability are limited: the report notes that only five ZIP codes in the country have health systems that offer all four gene therapies that currently have FDA approval.
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