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October 02, 2020   
Health Law Weekly

First Circuit Rejects Bid to Require Medicare to Cover Drug That Treats Iron Deficiency

  • October 02, 2020

The First Circuit refused September 30 to direct the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to allow Medicare Part D reimbursement of Akebia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s drug Auryxia, which is used to treat iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in patients with chronic kidney disease.

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