The Virtues Of Predictability: US Medicare’s Review Of Aduhelm Coverage
Executive Summary
Medicare’s decision to initiate a formal review of coverage for the newly approved Alzheimer’s agent is a highly unsettling development in many respects. It is also probably the best possible news for Biogen and Eisai at this point.
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