Eisai eyes low-cost supplies of Alzheimer's drug in SE Asia, India

Sustainable loans considered for FDA-approved lecanemab

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Elderly people in Singapore: Eisai wants to expand its patient support program for its new Alzheimer's drug in places like Southeast Asia and India. © Reuters

TAITO KUROSE and HINAKO BANNO, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japan's Eisai is planning ways to get its new Alzheimer's drug lecanemab to low-income patients in emerging economies, tapping sustainability-linked loans as early as this fiscal year.

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