New Alzheimer's drug Leqembi: Eisai, Biogen eye Japan, Europe and China next

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Eisai and Biogen have won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for an  Alzheimer's disease treatment for the second time. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)

NORIYUKI TAKADA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese drugmaker Eisai and U.S. partner Biogen plan to seek regulators' blessing for their new Alzheimer's disease treatment in Japan, Europe and China following Friday's approval in the U.S., the companies said.

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