Eisai to apply for Alzheimer's treatment approval in fiscal 2022

CEO Naito says trials go 'smoothly' and sees candidate as growth driver

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A retirement home in Germany: Eisai's Alzheimer's treatment is undergoing final clinical trials in Japan, the U.S., Europe and China. © Reuters

YUTA TAKAGI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The head of Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai plans to submit an application for approval in fiscal 2022 for a new Alzheimer's treatment being developed with U.S. partner Biogen.

"One clinical trial was delayed due to the impact from the novel coronavirus, but it has largely gone smoothly," Eisai CEO Haruo Naito told Nikkei in an interview. "We'll compile the final results during the July-September quarter in 2022."

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