{"id":147345,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/147345-the-fda-approved-a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimer-s-but-medicare-won-t-always-pay-for-it-a-doctor-explains-what-researchers-know-about-biogen-s-aduhelm-by-andrew-williams-the-conversation","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/147345","headline":" The FDA approved a new drug to treat Alzheimer’s, but Medicare won’t always pay for it – A doctor explains what researchers know about Biogen’s Aduhelm || by Andrew Williams :: The Conversation","content":"\u003cp\u003eMedicare finalized its decision to restrict its coverage of Aduhelm, Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s disease drug, on April 8, 2022.The decision means only patients who have enrolled in clinical trials\u0026nbsp;, will receive Medicare coverage for Aduhelm which goes by the generic drug name of Aducanumab.\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"http://theconversation.com/the-fda-approved-a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimers-but-medicare-wont-always-pay-for-it-a-doctor-explains-what-researchers-know-about-biogens-aduhelm-179177\"\u003eRead more\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"Medicare finalized its decision to restrict its coverage of Aduhelm, Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s disease drug, on April 8, 2022.The decision means only patients who have enrolled in clinical trials , will receive Medicare coverage for Aduhelm which goes by the generic drug name of Aducanumab. Read more","published_at":"2022-04-18T02:53:05-07:00","updated_at":"2022-06-02T15:12:21-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Newsbytes","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297890-newsbytes"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Newsbytes on Kudos 365. View their photo published Apr/18/2022 on Health - Wellness - Nutrition - Aging. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/xkCp2eARKaGAnSqBXuOQ_iStock-1321296879.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","likes_count":17,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Health - Wellness - Nutrition - Aging","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/917-health-wellness-nutrition-aging"},{"name":"Public Interest","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1070-public-interest"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/147345-the-fda-approved-a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimer-s-but-medicare-won-t-always-pay-for-it-a-doctor-explains-what-researchers-know-about-biogen-s-aduhelm-by-andrew-williams-the-conversation","headline":" The FDA approved a new drug to treat Alzheimer’s, but Medicare won’t always pay for it – A doctor explains what researchers know about Biogen’s Aduhelm || by Andrew Williams :: The Conversation","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/xkCp2eARKaGAnSqBXuOQ_iStock-1321296879.jpg?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Newsbytes","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297890-newsbytes"},"datePublished":"2022-04-18T02:53:05-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":17}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Health - Wellness - Nutrition - Aging","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/917-health-wellness-nutrition-aging"},{"@type":"Thing","name":"Public Interest","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1070-public-interest"}]}}