Leqembi Coverage Expansion: US Medicare Head Promises Light Touch On Registry
Executive Summary
Medicare is not envisioning an overly burdensome process to fulfill its requirement for a registry as a condition for coverage of ‘fully’ approved beta amyloid Alzheimer’s therapies, the head of the agency tells Congress. Biogen and Eisai still hope to have the registry obligation removed altogether.
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