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Biogen, Eisai Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab fast tracked by FDA

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The anti-amyloid drug, which also claimed a breakthrough tag from the FDA in July, is being developed for the treatment of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. The $56,000-a-year price tag for the drug, which has now been cut in half in the US, also hasn’t helped the drugmakers make a case for Aduhelm with US payers.

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FDA slammed over Aduhelm OK as Biogen takes heat for $56k price tag

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That was the damning conclusion of the influential Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) in the US to yesterday’s approval of Aduhelm (aducanumab), the first new treatment for Alzheimer’s since 2003, which it says has “no evidentiary basis.”

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Biogen’s Aduhelm rollout goes from bad to worse

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As it turned out, Aduhelm (aducanumab) made just $300,000 in the three-month period from July to September, against analysts’ estimates of $12 million, suggesting that few patients are being treated with the $56,000 a year therapy. .

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Biogen updates on its confirmatory Aduhelm trial

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Aduhelm (aducanumab) was approved by the FDA in June, but has been held back by a glacial rollout as clinicians have questioned the data on which the decision to clear the drug was based, plus a $56,000 per year price tag, which has in turn led to pushback by payers.

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Exit Aduhelm, enter lecanemab. Biogen and Eisai have another go

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As with Aduhelm (aducanumab), lecanemab is being filed via the accelerated approval pathway, with the companies seeking a green light on the strength of the results of a phase 2b trial ahead of the readout of the confirmatory Clarity AD trial, due in the autumn.

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Donepezil alternatives: What can I take instead of donepezil?

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Aduhelm , the brand name of generic aducanumab, is a newer option with a novel mechanism of action in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease. Aduhelm (aducanumab). Aduhelm carries a hefty price tag, and it is not appropriate for any other form of dementia, such as dementia with Lewy bodies and vascular dementia. Aduhelm coupons.

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Viagra ‘should be tested as Alzheimer’s therapy’

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That finding could provide some comfort to Biogen and Eisai, whose recently-approved amyloid-targeting drug Aduhelm (aducanumab) is struggling to gain traction in the market on the back of unconvincing efficacy data, safety concerns and a high price tag.