Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has said it won't approve Eisai and Biogen's Alzheimer's disease therapy ...
A simple tweak in available vial sizes of the breakthrough Alzheimer's drug Leqembi could save Medicare hundreds of millions ...
Since Leqembi is dosed based on a patient’s weight and offered in single-use vials, about 5.8% of the drug dispensed will be ...
A simple tweak in available vial sizes of the breakthrough Alzheimer's drug Leqembi could save Medicare hundreds of millions ...
Australia’s regulatory agency rejected Biogen and Eisai’s Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, noting that the drug's efficacy doesn't ...
New research suggests that Medicare could save up to 74 percent of the money lost from discarded Alzheimer's drug Leqembi or ...
Medicare could save millions of dollars every year by changing the way they package Alzheimer's medication.
About 6% of Leqembi (lecanemab) is discarded because patients are frequently prescribed doses lower than the size of the drug’s single-use vials. This waste costs Medicare about $1,600 a patient ...
About 6% of Leqembi is thrown away because there’s leftover drug after a dose is drawn to match a person’s weight Adding a 75-milligram vial could reduce waste by 74% and save Medicare as much ...
Lecanemab (Leqembi; Eisai/Biogen) received traditional approval from the FDA in July 2023, following an accelerated approval ...