Japan's Eisai to invest in U.S. Alzheimer's blood testing firm C2N

Expanded use of tests could boost drugmaker's lecanemab medication

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Eisai's Alzheimer's drug lecanemab was approved by U.S. and Japanese health officials last year. (Photo by Yuki Nakao)

TAITO KUROSE, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese drugmaker Eisai said Wednesday it will invest up to $15 million in C2N Diagnostics, a U.S. biotechnology firm that has developed a blood test for early signs of Alzheimer's disease.

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