News Briefs: UnitedHealthcare to Restrict Aduhelm Access

UnitedHealthcare will restrict access to Aduhelm (aducanumab) across all of its books of business, arguing that “Aduhelm is unproven and not medically necessary for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease due to insufficient evidence of efficacy,” according to company documents obtained by Stat News. The decision from the insurance branch of UnitedHealth Group, the largest private carrier in the country, follows a controversial move by CMS to restrict access to the drug mainly to patients who are participating in clinical trials. In a National Coverage Determination, CMS said the Medicare program will cover Biogen Inc.’s Aduhelm only for patients enrolled in randomized, controlled clinical trials conducted either through the FDA or the National Institutes of Health. For Medicare patients to be prescribed Aduhelm, they also must have a clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease or mild dementia with a confirmed presence of plaque on the brain.

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