Latif Nasser

That's the thing.

It costs roughly $30,000 for a three-month course.

Wow.

So Leonard's like, wow, that is expensive.

And there was already another drug on the market, did the same thing, and it cost half as much.

To put that in context, this is just one drug that's $11,000 a month.

A normal cancer patient might take dozens of drugs.

There are anti-nausea medicines that are sometimes used that are in the range of $90 to $100 a tablet.

You take a tablet once a day for three days.

One needs growth factors to help support the white blood cell count, which you sometimes need in chemo.

Those can be $5,000 every two to three weeks.

If you need antibiotics to treat infections, those aren't cheap.

And then you need a pharmacist to prepare it.

They're labor-intensive.

You need antibiotics.

tubing and equipment and needles to give it.

You need trained nurses to administer it.

You need doctors to take care of the patients.

And don't forget there's a cost for a CAT scan or MRI.

And then, of course, someone's got to pay for the real estate, the heat and the lights.