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80: Is the medical system ready for Alzheimer's drugs that work?

Jul 5, 2023
32:38
Physician and professor Jason Karlawish argues that new promising drugs like lecanemab, an anti-amyloid antibody expected to be approved by the FDA July 6, will introduce complicated issues into the field of Alzheimer's care. These medications require a great deal of testing and patient monitoring, trained physicians, and other resources in a system that is already stretched thin.

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