{"id":10392,"date":"2022-01-06T21:50:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T02:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/whats-the-controversy-behind-biogens-alzheimers-drug\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T21:50:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T02:50:03","slug":"whats-the-controversy-behind-biogens-alzheimers-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/whats-the-controversy-behind-biogens-alzheimers-drug\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s The Controversy Behind Biogen\u2019s Alzheimer\u2019s Drug?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div
class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe
loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What\u2019s The Controversy Behind Biogen\u2019s Alzheimer\u2019s Drug?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qSy7CbNrE9A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The U.S.&#8217;s authorization of Biogen&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s drug Aduhelm was proclaimed as a historical accomplishment in the fight against the memory-robbing illness. Aduhelm&#8217;s dull launch has been costly, compeling Biogen to take steps to maintain the medication afloat.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Food and also Drug Administration&#8217;s authorization of Biogen&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s medication Aduhelm in June was proclaimed as a historical accomplishment in the battle versus a condition that eliminates countless Americans every year.<\/p>\n<p>However the excitement around the initial FDA-approved medicine to target the underlying reason of the memory-robbing condition&#8211; not just its symptoms&#8211; has actually receded ever since. The drugmaker reported just $300,000 in earnings from Aduhelm sales during the 3rd quarter, a portion of what Wall Street was expecting.<\/p>\n<p>Physicians have been divided over whether medical test information shows the monoclonal antibody really slows down cognitive decrease. What&#8217;s even more, Medicare is debating whether to cover seniors on the government-run insurance coverage program for Alzheimer&#8217;s treatments, a choice that is crucial to their earnings potential.<\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to provide a draft choice by mid-January, a spokesperson told CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, shares of the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech have cratered about 40% because the start of June. Provided Aduhelm&#8217;s dull launching, along with common competition for Biogen&#8217;s various other medicines, the business now intends to reduce $500 million in yearly expenses.<\/p>\n<p>In December, it also stated it would certainly lower Aduhelm&#8217;s controversial $56,000 yearly retail price by regarding 50% in a bid to increase sales. The firm expects 50,000 new clients might start Aduhelm in 2022 with insurance coverage and greater access to diagnostics and specialized.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; In terms of this brand-new medication, we are keeping an open mind,&#8221; claimed Dick Novik, that relinquished the broadcast company to help look after his spouse, Eugenia Zukerman, following her Alzheimer&#8217;s diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to CNBC Classic: https:\/\/cnb.cx\/SubscribeCNBCclassic<\/p>\n<p>Concerning CNBC: From &#8216;Wall Street&#8217; to &#8216;Main Street&#8217; to award winning original docudramas and also Reality TV series, CNBC has you covered. Experience special preview of your favorite shows, unique video clip and more.<\/p>\n<p>Link with CNBC News Online<br
\/>\nGet the current information: https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/<br
\/>\nAdhere To CNBC on LinkedIn: https:\/\/cnb.cx\/LinkedInCNBC<br
\/>\nFollow CNBC News on Facebook: https:\/\/cnb.cx\/LikeCNBC<br
\/>\nFollow CNBC News on Twitter: https:\/\/cnb.cx\/FollowCNBC<br
\/>\nComply With CNBC News on Instagram: https:\/\/cnb.cx\/InstagramCNBC<\/p>\n<p>#CNBC<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s The Controversy Behind Biogen&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s Drug?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S.&#8217;s authorization of Biogen&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s drug Aduhelm was proclaimed as a historical accomplishment in the fight against the memory-robbing illness. Aduhelm&#8217;s dull launch has been costly, compeling Biogen to take steps to maintain the medication afloat. The U.S. Food and also Drug Administration&#8217;s authorization of Biogen&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s medication Aduhelm in June was proclaimed as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[19],"tags":[11868,1844,1660,2911,2910,11569,2922,4613,21,2916,2919,2915,2918,257,2917,2921,9593,11579,11580,22,59,2908,8905,2923,3119,1862,85,2907,11581,11576,11583,2963,8525,2906,33,88,2924,2914,2925,3011,190,12222,2769,11582,12221,2913,11577,11578,2926,2927,296,2912,11545,11584,11585,2909,8324,2920,8325],"class_list":["post-10392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breast-cancer","tag-aduhelm","tag-alzheimer","tag-alzheimers","tag-anti-bacteria","tag-anti-viral","tag-biogen","tag-bladder-cancer","tag-breaking-news","tag-breast-cancer","tag-breast-cancer-causes","tag-breast-cancer-causes-and-symptoms","tag-breast-cancer-definition","tag-breast-cancer-pictures","tag-breast-cancer-treatment","tag-breast-cancer-types","tag-breast-cancer-wiki","tag-business","tag-cable","tag-cable-news","tag-cancer","tag-cancer-treatment","tag-cholesterol","tag-cnbc","tag-colorectal-cancer","tag-dementia","tag-depression","tag-diabetes","tag-esophageal-cancer","tag-finance-news","tag-finance-stock","tag-financial-news","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-healthy-cures","tag-heart-disease","tag-high-blood-pressure","tag-kidney-cancer","tag-lung-cancer-treatment","tag-lymphoma","tag-medicine","tag-melanoma","tag-memory-lost","tag-money","tag-money-tips","tag-mrna-vaccine","tag-naturopathic-cures","tag-news-channel","tag-news-station","tag-non-hodgkin","tag-oropharyngeal-cancer","tag-parkinsons","tag-skincare","tag-stock-market","tag-stock-market-news","tag-stocks","tag-tooth-decay","tag-us-news","tag-what-is-breast-cancer-symptoms","tag-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cancerawareness.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/06215009\/maxresdefault-3.jpg?fit=1280%2C720","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<!-- Cached page for great performance - Debug: cached@1740281946 -->