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Aduhelm Price Cut May Help Pave The Way For Medicare National Coverage Determination

 
• By Mandy Jackson

With CMS draft decision expected next month on amyloid-clearing antibodies for Alzheimer’s, Biogen slashes Aduhem’s price 50% to $28,200 per year. Move reverses another aspect of the approval that drew criticism, including the expansive label and long horizon for confirmatory data.

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Biogen cut Aduhelm's price by nearly 50% from $56,000 to $28,200 annually for the average weight patient • Source: Alamy

Biogen, Inc. has slashed the price of its Alzheimer’s disease therapy Aduhelm in half the month before the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is expected to issue a draft national coverage determination (NCD) decision on amyloid-clearing antibody therapies for Alzheimer’s disease. The move may be designed to reassure government officials about any potential impact of coverage as much as it intended to improve the prospects of the troubled product in the commercial market.

Aduhelm’s original price of $56,000 a year was among the aspects of the June approval that critics seized on (along...

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