An Alzheimer’s drug is on the way, but getting it may still be tough. Here’s why

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR)

The first drug shown to slow down Alzheimer’s disease is likely to receive full approval from the Food and Drug Administration by July 6.

In theory, the move would make lecanemab (Leqembi) available to more than a million Medicare patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s. In practice, though, the number is likely to be much smaller. Continue reading here…

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