Of Price And Premiums: Medicare Has Put Alzheimer’s Drug Sponsors On Notice
Executive Summary
Medicare will be closely watching for pricing decisions by Eli Lilly, Eisai and Roche once the companies gain US marketing approval for their amyloid-directed monoclonal antibody drugs for Alzheimer’s disease.
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