How Much Does Aduhelm Cost?
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Simon Spichak, MSc
| September 12th, 2022
How much does Aduhelm cost? Even if you can cover the expense, that doesn’t mean the drug is easy to get. Aduhelm costs an…
More Aduhelm Drama: Packaging Could Waste Medicare Millions; Trial Tossed
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Simon Spichak, MSc
| June 27th, 2022
New findings reveal that the way Aduhelm is packaged leads to wasted medication — and as much as $605 million per year of Medicare…
CMS Says No Aduhelm Coverage for Patients Outside Clinical Trials
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Simon Spichak, MSc
| April 8th, 2022
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized its decision to limit the coverage of Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm and future monoclonal antibodies. In February…
Does Aduhelm Work? Patients Weigh In on the Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug
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Nicholas Chan
| November 1st, 2021
Following the approval of the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm — and the litany of controversy surrounding it — one question that’s top of mind for…
Some Hospitals Refuse to Offer Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm
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Nicholas Chan
| July 15th, 2021
Two large hospitals, Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai, have decided against administering Aduhelm for patients following controversy around the Alzheimer’s drug’s FDA approval drug…
Medicare Is Deciding Now Whether To Cover Aduhelm—And All the Similar Drugs to Follow
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Alexandra Marvar
| July 13th, 2021
Will Medicare cover Alzheimer’s drugs like Aduhelm? That decision-making process is underway. This week, the U.S. government embarked on the formal review process to…
FDA Head Calls for Investigation Into Controversial Aduhelm Approval
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Simon Spichak
| July 12th, 2021
Image: Aduhelm, Biogen/AP. The head of the FDA, Dr. Janet Woodcock, calls for investigation into the agency’s own controversial approval of Biogen’s Aduhelm, the…