Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai Won’t Administer Aduhelm to Patients

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In a striking reflection of concern over the approval of the controversial new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, two major American health systems have decided that they will not administer it to patients.

The Cleveland Clinic, one of the largest and most respected medical centers in the country, said in a statement that a panel of its experts had “reviewed all available scientific evidence on this medication,” which is also called aducanumab.

“Based on the current data regarding its safety and efficacy, we have decided not to carry aducanumab at this time,” the statement said.

A spokeswoman for the clinic said that individual physicians there could prescribe Aduhelm to patients, but those patients would have to go elsewhere to receive the drug, which is administered as a monthly intravenous infusion.

Mount Sinai’s Health System in New York City has also decided not to administer Aduhelm, said Dr. Sam Gandy, director of the Mount Sinai Center for Cognitive Health.

Dr. Gandy, who is also a professor of psychiatry...