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How One Alzheimer’s Drug Is Changing the U.S. Drug Approval Conversation

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How One Alzheimer’s Drug Is Changing the U.S. Drug Approval Conversation

April 14, 2022

How One Alzheimer’s Drug Is Changing the U.S. Drug Approval Conversation

After Medicare’s decision to restrict coverage of the controversial new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, we look at how this one drug has forced the nation to reexamine how to balance the needs of desperate patients, incomplete evidence and larger economic realities.

Guests:

Phil Gutis, Alzheimer’s patient and advocate

Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBe, John Russell Dickson, MD Presidential Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania

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