FDA, CMS And Accelerated Approval: Flipping The Script
Executive Summary
The US Medicare agency’s restrictive coverage policy for Alzheimer’s antibodies is a clear threat to the FDA accelerated approval pathway. Now the payor is going to try a different approach to strengthen the pathway.
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