Biogen’s Plea To Medicare: Just Cover The Aduhelm Clinical Trial Population
Executive Summary
Company discusses its strategy for negotiating a change in the recently-proposed Medicare coverage decision for Alzheimer’s drugs during a presentation to analysts.
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