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标题:DrugpricesBlowingtheinheritanceAduhelmmaynotcureAlzheimer’s,butitmighthelpfixdrugprices药品价格破坏遗产阿杜赫尔姆可能无法治愈老年痴呆症,但它可能有助于调整药品价格原文日期:年7月17日Paragraph1:Whenalong-awaiteddrugforAlzheimer’swasapprovedbytheFoodandDrugAdministration(FDA)lastmonth,controversyquicklyfollowed.当人们期待已久的治疗老年痴呆症的药物上个月被食品药物监督管理局批准时,争议很快就随之而来。InNovembertenof11membersofanFDAexpertpanelrejectedthetreatment,butitreceivedacceleratedapprovalanyway.Threepanelmembersresignedinprotest.去年11月,FDA专家组的11名成员中有10人拒绝了该疗法,但无论如何它还是得到了加速批准。三名小组成员辞职以示抗议。Italsohasalargepricetag:about$41,foryearoneand$56,forsubsequentyears.Theunusualapprovalprocessandhighcosthassparkedacongressionalinvestigationintothedeveloper’sbusinesspractices.它的价格也很高:第一年约4.1万美元,以后几年约5.6万美元。不寻常的审批流程和高昂的成本引发了国会对开发商商业行为的调查。Thetreatmentisalsobe