FDA Approves Leqembi, Extending Alzheimer’s Treatment to More Patients
Medicare enrollees can get the anti-amyloid treatment as a result of the agency’s full approval. Source link
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Challenges Federal Government’s New Drug-Price Powers
The lawsuit is the second filed this week saying Medicare’s new negotiating authority is unconstitutional. Source link
Merck Challenges U.S. Government’s New Powers to Negotiate Drug Prices
The drugmaker filed a lawsuit saying Medicare’s drug-price negotiation program violates the company’s constitutional rights. Source link
Medicaid Eligibility Changes Set to Hit Hospitals, Insurers, States
PoliticsHealth PolicyMillions could lose coverage as their eligibility is reviewed, with financial effects rippling through the healthcare industry Source link
New Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi Will Be Out of Reach for Most Patients
HealthMedicare won’t pay for medicine under rule issued to restrict use of earlier drug whose approval generated controversy Source link
Drugmakers Look to Limit Medicare’s New Power to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices
Drugmakers are trying to blunt Medicare’s newfound power to negotiate medicine prices while coping with internal industry disputes and ebbing...
Alleged Covid-19 Fraud Schemes Totaling $150 Million Draw Criminal Charges
Federal prosecutors have charged about 20 people in the past two weeks with allegedly engaging in various fraud schemes related...
Medicare to Pay for Biogen’s New Alzheimer’s Drug in Clinical-Trial Patients
Medicare officials said they would cover Biogen Inc.’s BIIB 2.64% controversial Alzheimer’s disease drug Aduhelm on the condition that patients...
Covid-19 Booster Shot to Be Offered to Americans Fully Vaccinated With Pfizer, Moderna
The Biden administration took steps Wednesday to crack down on rising Covid-19 cases, including a call for a third shot...
Medicare Payment Collector Targets Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts
A collection agent for Medicare service providers is suing one of the dozens of trusts established by bankrupt asbestos manufacturers...
