Questions remain on patient costs, formulary for expanded immunosuppressive drug benefit

Demand for transplantation has rapidly increased around the world during the past decade due to an increase in incidence of comorbidities leading to organ failure along with a rise in longevity in patient years.

This increase in demand has outpaced current graft survival and resulted in the need for re-transplantation – and for more organs. Consequently, there has been a major increase in the number of patients on transplant waitlists, as well as an increase in the number of patients dying waiting for a transplant. Read more in Healio.