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Aduhelm Medicare Coverage: House Republicans Push For CMS To Collaborate With US FDA

 
• By Brenda Sandburg

More than 70 Republican representatives object to CMS draft national coverage determination for Alzheimer’s disease drugs. They ask if CMS will treat future drugs approved under the accelerated approval pathway differently and how it will coordinate with FDA.

Alzheimer's collaboration
Republicans want CMS to work with FDA on Alzheimer's drug coverage decision • Source: Alamy

Republican members of the House joined forces to try to get the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to drop its proposal to restrict Medicare coverage for Alzheimer’s disease drugs, advocating that the agency work with the US Food and Drug Administration in making its decision.

In a 8 February

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