The U.S. Veterans Health Administration will pay for some beneficiaries to get a new Alzheimer’s disease drug, a move toward broader coverage of the controversial drug category
Leqembi is the first drug shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s, which robs patients of memories and other brain functions, and Eisai has said that it expects revenue from it to reach $7.3 billion in 2030. The drug rids the brain of abnormal protein, called amyloid, that has been linked to the lethal disease.
Health officials tightly restricted payment for a similar drug, Biogen’s Aduhelm, after it received accelerated approval, saying data hadn’t sufficiently shown it was effective. The FDA declined to give early approval to another amyloid-fighting drug, Eli Lilly & Co.’s donanemab, in January.More Must-Reads From TIME
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