Lawrie McFarlane: Alzheimer’s drug gets green light — but does it work?

The drug, aducanumab, marketed under the brand name Aduhelm, would be the first medication aimed at attacking the disease mechanism in Alzheimer’s. As a result of this decision, three of the FDA’s advisers have resigned from the expert committee that overwhelmingly advised against approving the drug. determined that, given the limited proof aducanumab does any […]

10 years after it was created, has the Green Mountain Care Board worked?

On Sept. But Brumsted, who oversees half of Vermont’s health care system, wasn’t alone in his rebuke. Around the same time, members of the public also lambasted the board for raising insurance rates. Residents say health care is too costly; hospitals argue the process is too administratively burdensome; lawmakers say the regulators should be doing […]