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Medicare releases new details on Alzheimer's drug coverage; the strategy behind pharma's flurry of pricing lawsuits

June 22, 2023
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Biogen and Eisai's medication Leqembi target amyloid plaques in the brain. The FDA may choose to approve the drug by July 6.
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STAT+ | Medicare puts out new details for covering the Alzheimer's drug Leqembi, as the health system readies for potential approval

The floodgates could open if the FDA approves Leqembi next month. Medicare just put out new details about how it'd cover the drug.

By Rachel Cohrs


STAT+ | FDA grants conditional approval to Sarepta's gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Regulators restricted the treatment to younger patients, with additional data required to broaden its use.

By Jason Mast and Adam Feuerstein


STAT+ | The strategy behind the pharmaceutical industry's flurry of lawsuits challenging drug pricing reform

Legal experts unpacked the pharmaceutical industry's scattershot approach to challenging Medicare's new power to negotiate drug prices.

By Rachel Cohrs



Duchenne muscular dystrophy histopathology.
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Opinion: The FDA's approval of a new gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy won't help me — but it gives me hope

If Sarepta's gene therapy SRP-9001 succeeded through this accelerated approval pathway, then many more can as well.

By Hawken Miller


Listen: Messy PBM conflicts, debatable vaccines, & the future of flu season

STAT's Bob Herman joins us to explain his investigation into some brazen conflicts of interest in the world of prescription drug pricing.

By Damian Garde and Meg Tirrell


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