Medicare expects to spend $3.5 billion on new Alzheimer’s drug in 2025

Medicare estimates that a new Alzheimer’s treatment could cost the program billions of dollars by next year — well beyond what Wall Street projects. Read More

Medicare can follow blazed trails to revitalize Alzheimer’s care

If Medicare is allowed to step up to the challenge of Alzheimer’s, patients could receive affordable and good quality care as soon as their disease develops. Read More

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Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C. Young brother and sister dead, several hurt when vehicle crashes into Michigan birthday ... Read More

For Beaten-Down Maker of Alzheimer’s Drug, Good Enough Will Do

In-line sales for Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi and a beat for rare-disease drug Skyclarys has Wall Street giving Biogen another chance. Read More

Alzheimer Disease News

Annual Costs of Lecanemab Estimated to Be Upwards of $2B A new cost analysis suggests that annual Medicare spending could ... News, May 11, 2023 Alzheimer's May Be Next Frontier for Drugs Like ... Read More

Major Alzheimer's breakthrough as new vaccine could 'transform' lives, scientists say

A major Alzheimer's breakthrough may have been made as new vaccine is ... says the jab could be a “miracle” for sufferers. The mother-of-two said: “A drug would be a miracle because there ... Read More

Alzheimer's drug adoption in US slowed by doctors' skepticism

Nine months into the U.S. launch of the first drug proven to slow the advance of Alzheimer's, Eisai and Biogen's Leqembi is facing an unexpected hurdle to widespread use: an entrenched belief among ... Read More

Medicare coverage of weight loss drugs could save the U.S. billions of dollars

The latest weight loss drugs are good. Really good. They can save lives and could literally remake American ... If private insurance were to follow Medicare’s lead, as it often does, the ... Read More

Groundbreaking Alzheimer’s drug being dropped by manufacturer

It was greeted with great hope as a treatment for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. In 2021, the FDA gave it fast-track approval, that means a green light. It was the first new drug for Alzheimer ... Read More

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could be arriving on the battlefield within days. By Lara Jakes Horses Run Loose Through Central London in Surreal Spectacle Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter ... Read More

Alzheimer’s Could Be Transmitted via Bone Marrow Transplants, Researchers Say

Getty A new study found that Alzheimer’s could potentially be accelerated ... told Neuroscience News. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on ... Read More

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Parkinson's Disease: New Theory on the Disease's Origins and Spread Apr. 11 ... development of Alzheimer's disease and heart conditions can be lessened by three kinds of drug inhibitors, according ... Read More