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In the Lab

Transfusion of brain fluid from young mice is a memory-elevating elixir for old animals

11.05.2022

For a human, one of the first signs someone is getting old is the inability to remember little things; maybe they misplace their keys, or get lost on an oft-taken …

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Coronavirus

Listen: Succession at Biogen, surprises at Vertex, & a potential superspreader dinner

05.05.2022

Who’s going to run Biogen? Does Aduhelm have a future? And is it OK to shame reporters? We cover all that and more this week on “The Readout LOUD,” STAT’s …

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First Opinion / Pharma

Opinion: Exploitation in the name of biomedical innovation cannot be tolerated

05.05.2022

Biogen’s announcement on Tuesday that it is “substantially eliminating” its spending on Aduhelm caps a remarkable story of drug development gone bad. In a controversial move in June 2021, the …

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First Opinion

Opinion: CMS made the wrong decision on Aduhelm. But there might be a silver lining

09.04.2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued on Thursday its hotly debated final decision on whether to cover aducanumab (Aduhelm), the first FDA-approved treatment for Alzheimer’s that slows …

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First Opinion / Pharma

Opinion: Medicare got it right: Unproven Alzheimer’s drug would have threatened the financial stability of 60 million Americans

08.04.2022

In a clash of two American health care giants, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had locked horns over Aduhelm, a …

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First Opinion

Opinion: Improving diversity in Alzheimer’s research can help update the ‘gold standard’ for all medical research

25.02.2022

The health inequities that have long plagued the U.S. were highlighted and worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic. Low-income and minoritized populations, such as Black and Hispanic Americans, are not only …

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Health

With its Aduhelm proposal, Medicare is stepping into a heated debate about how best to improve equity in Alzheimer’s treatment

13.01.2022

WASHINGTON — Medicare’s proposal to restrict access to a controversial Alzheimer’s drug has quickly reignited a long-simmering debate over how best to address ongoing, systemic inequities in Alzheimer’s care experienced …

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Biotech

Athira chief executive resigns as company confirms she altered research

22.10.2021

The chief executive of biotech Athira Pharma has permanently left the company after papers she published as a graduate student were found to contain altered research. Leen Kawas was suspended …

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Coronavirus

Listen: Inside the vaccine race, how a Covid pill failed, & Biogen’s troubled launch

21.10.2021

Is Moderna misunderstood? Can Biogen turn a profit in Alzheimer’s disease? And what went wrong with the latest Covid-19 pill? We cover all that and more this week on “The …

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