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Eisai and Biogen win FDA approval for latest Alzheimer's drug

U.S. authorization of Leqembi follows setbacks with Aduhelm

An Alzheimer's patient receives an intravenous infusion of Aduhelm at a hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. Eisai's follow-up dementia drug lecanemab is also administered intravenously.   © Reuters

TOKYO/NEW YORK -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a treatment for Alzheimer's disease developed by Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai and American partner Biogen.

Clinical trials showed that lecanemab, which will be marketed as Leqembi, slows cognitive decline for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's.

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