How is the pharmaceutical industry reacting to the FDA’s surprising approval of a controversial Alzheimer’s drug, and what do they make of its $56,000 price tag?
This is the last episode in our weeklong series examining the potentially sweeping consequences this drug, known as aducanumab, could have on millions of patients’ lives and billions of dollars in health care spending.
Guest:
Luke Timmerman, Journalist/Founder, Timmerman Report
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