Medicare could be throwing away as much as $336 million worth of a costly Alzheimer's drug each year because the size of vials is too big, UCLA researchers estimate. Why it matters: The findings ...

A simple tweak in available vial sizes of the breakthrough Alzheimer's drug Leqembi could save Medicare hundreds of millions of dollars each year, a new analysis claims. About 6% of Leqembi ...

About 6% of Leqembi is thrown away because there’s leftover drug after a dose is drawn to match a person’s weight Adding a 75-milligram vial could reduce waste by 74% and save Medicare as much ...

Needles are not necessarily one-size-fits-all. “With the needle gauges, there’s the thinnest needle gauge that you can barely even feel, and that’s generally what we start with,” Waring said.

MEDICARE Text, On Background of Medicaments Composition, Stethoscope, mix therapy drugs doctor flu antibiotic pharmacy medicine medical A tweak in vial sizes of the Alzheimer's med Leqembi could ...