CMS Takes A Look At Alzheimer’s With Lilly's Amyvid In Mind

The Alzheimer’s drug Amyvid received FDA approval for a narrower indication than the sponsors originally wanted. The limited indication got the imaging agent to market, but now Amyvid faces another challenge on the reimbursement front. 

The initial result wasn’t what Eli Lilly & Co. and its development partner Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Inc. wanted for their potential Alzheimer’s diagnostic agent Amyvid (florbetapir) going into the panel meeting.

The Food & Drug Administration’s Peripheral & Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee voted 13-3 against immediate approval of the...

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