{"id":9901,"date":"2021-06-08T02:53:36","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T06:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/fda-approves-biogen-alzheimers-treatment\/"},"modified":"2021-06-08T02:53:36","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T06:53:36","slug":"fda-approves-biogen-alzheimers-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cancerawarenessnews.com\/fda-approves-biogen-alzheimers-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA approves Biogen Alzheimer&#8217;s treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div
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