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Eisai Slashes FY2021 Profit Outlook on Aduhelm Woes
Eisai said on May 3 that it has downwardly revised its profit forecasts for FY2021 in the aftermath of a negative Medicare coverage decision made in the US for the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm (aducanumab). For the year ended March 2022,…
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