The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has directed private insurers providing Medicare Advantage plans to cover Biogen's amyotrophic lateral sclerosis drug Qalsody after finding instances of coverage denial.

Medicare Advantage plans must cover Biogen’s (NASDAQ:BIIB) drug Qalsody for the treatment of ALS, according to a report. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has directed insurance companies offering Medicare Advantage plans to cover the product after finding it was being denied on the basis it was still considered an experimental

In a rare move, the U.S. agency behind Medicare is warning Medicare Advantage providers they can’t have blanket policies that deny coverage of Qalsody because it’s “experimental and investigational.”