Japan's Eisai aims for 2030 U.S. release of new Alzheimer's drug

Pharma hopes to use in combination with lecanemab for greater effectiveness

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Japanese company Eisai currently has the only approved Alzheimer's treatment on the market. (Photo by Aya Onishi)

HINAKO BANNO and TAITO KUROSE, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai is developing an Alzheimer's disease treatment that targets a protein linked to symptoms, aiming to release it in the U.S. by fiscal 2030, Nikkei has learned.

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