{"id":18257,"date":"2021-06-04T08:40:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18257"},"modified":"2021-06-04T08:40:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:40:58","slug":"fda-weighs-approval-of-a-lucrative-alzheimers-drug-but-benefits-are-iffy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18257","title":{"rendered":"FDA Weighs Approval of a Lucrative Alzheimer\u2019s Drug but Benefits Are Iffy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Harris Meyer for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>The Food and Drug Administration\u2019s decision next week whether to approve the first treatment for Alzheimer\u2019s disease highlights a deep division over the drug\u2019s benefits as well as criticism about the integrity of the FDA approval process.\u00a0 Continue reading the article <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/article\/fda-weighs-approval-of-a-lucrative-alzheimers-drug-but-benefits-are-iffy\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7919\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-1024x663.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Harris Meyer for Kaiser Health News) The Food and Drug Administration\u2019s decision next week whether to approve the first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia","category-fda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18258,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18257\/revisions\/18258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}