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Biotechnology The World’s Most Expensive Medicine Is a Bust The first gene therapy approved in the Western world costs $1 million and has been used just once. The doctor who tried it says the price is “absolutely too high.” by Antonio Regalado 2016-05-04T00:00:00-04:00