Aducanumab And The US Pricing Debate: A New Hook, But Still A Fuzzy Picture
Executive Summary
Some Democratic senators are not fans of FDA’s approval of Biogen/Eisai’s Aduhelm, and are even more critical of the price of the Alzheimer’s therapy. That is providing a new hook to urge action on creating a federal price ‘negotiation’ program – but not any more clarity on a viable path to enacting one.
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