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CMS posts final decision to cover Provenge

"The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has determined that the evidence is adequate to conclude that the use of autologous cellular immunotherapy treatment - sipuleucel-T; PROVENGE® improves health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic castrate-resistant (hormone refractory) prostate cancer, and thus is reasonable and necessary for that indication under 1862(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (the Act)."

http://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=247&ver=12&NcaName=Autologous+Cellular+Immunotherapy+Treatment+of+Metastatic+Prostate+Cancer&TimeFrame=7&DocType=All&bc=AgAAYAAAIAAA&;