"Biogen Pulls Aduhelm: Shifting Focus to Experimental Alzheimer's Treatments"

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Biogen has withdrawn its controversial Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, from the market following criticism and irregularities in the approval process by the US FDA. The drug's accelerated approval was highly contentious, and its high price of $56,000 a year for patients was deemed unjustifiably high. Biogen will focus on its newer Alzheimer's medicine, Leqembi, which was fully approved last year. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, affecting more than one in nine people over 65.
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