FDA comes through with greenlight for new Alzheimer's therapy
Having controversially approved the first new Alzheimer’s disease drug Aduhelm (aducanumab) in decades in 2021, dead on schedule, the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced its decision on a follow-on product. And it was positive.
The FDA granted accelerated approval for Japanese drugmaker Eisai (TYO: 4523) and US biotech company Biogen’s (Nasdaq: BIIB) Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) for the treatment of Alzheimer’s. Biogen shares, trading of which had been suspended ahead of the announcement, moved up 4.4% to $282.06. The news came long after Tokyo trading closed.
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