Health Affairs This Week

New Alzheimer's Drug Approval Expands Treatment Options — and Creates Coverage Questions


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Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior Editor Leslie Erdelack to the program to discuss FDA's recent approval of an Alzheimer's treatment drug, Lilly’s Kisunla, how private insurers and Medicare may cover the drug, and the emerging new class of drugs surrounding Alzheimer's treatment.

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Related Articles:

  • Approval of Newest Alzheimer’s Drug Will Accelerate New Era of Treatment by Peter Loftus and Joseph Walker (Wall Street Journal)
  • Press Release: Lilly's Kisunla Approved by the FDA for the Treatment of Early Symptomatic Alzheimer's Disease

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