It's actually the fact that it is irradiated that'll make this strain available to my wife where as the Green Karat is a no go so most welcome on that front but yes £8/g for gamma does on the face of it look OTT.
With the Pave being more expensive it may be because it's sought after on UK Medical and it could be a case of this batch is Gamma and the next Beta who knows and the Pave we are used to has changed once or twice (irradiation status wise) with a new batch