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Season 1 • Episode 111

The FDA’s Pressure-Packed Alzheimer’s Drug Decision

Tradeoffs · 22 min

Episode Description

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration faces a costly and consequential decision over whether to approve a controversial new Alzheimer’s drug.


Guest:

Caleb Alexander, Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health


View the transcript for today's episode: https://tradeoffs.org/2021/06/03/the-fdas-pressure-packed-alzheimers-drug-decision


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