CMS finalizes Medicare coverage policy for Alzheimer’s drug
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday finalized a decision to cover only for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in qualifying clinical trials monoclonal antibodies that target amyloid to treat Alzheimer’s disease when approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA last year approved the first such Alzheimer’s treatment, Biogen’s Aduhelm (aducanumab), using its accelerated approval pathway.
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