Nebraska Medicaid officials seek $16 million a year for new Alzheimer's drug
Nebraska officials are predicting a controversial new Alzheimer's drug could drive up state Medicaid costs by more than $16 million annually.
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Nebraska officials are predicting a controversial new Alzheimer's drug could drive up state Medicaid costs by more than $16 million annually.
Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug results are breathing new life into a class of anti-amyloid drugs that had been partially written off
Eisai is aiming for full approval and commercialization of the drug in the United States, Europe, and Japan by the end of 2023, CEO Haruo Naito told reporters in Tokyo. The company said results from the 1,800-patient trial prove the longstanding theory that removal of sticky deposits of a protein called amyloid beta from the brains of people with early Alzheimer's can delay advance of the debilitating disease.
Biogen and Eisai reported the finding from a large late-stage clinical trial of lecanemab, a drug they are developing.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday touted a decline in costs for tens of millions of Americans covered by the ...