“Real world” eligibility for aducanumab: A Podcast with Tim Anderson and Marco Canevelli

We talk with Tim Anderson and Marco Canevelli, the authors of two recent articles published about the real world eligibility of aducanumab.

October 21, 2021 Alex Smith Dementia , Medications Summary Transcript Summary The FDA label for the amyloid antibody aducanumab (Aduhelm) started off exceedingly broad, basically including anyone with Alzheimer’s disease, but was subsequently narrowed to to patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia due to Alzheimer disease (AD). Should, though, the label be even more restrictive to mirror the populations studied in the two still unpublished trials of the drug, EMERGE and ENGAGE? Or should CMS consider restricting coverage for aducanumab to populations meeting trial e

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