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In early 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to a new Alzheimer’s drug called Leqembi. (Biogen, a biotechnology company, and Eisai, a pharmaceutical ...
Lecanemab (a.k.a. leqembi) has received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This is the first FDA-approved treatment to help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
An Alzheimer’s disease drug may soon have a new dosing schedule. The medication, Leqembi, is currently administered via an infusion every two weeks. Under the proposed changes, the medication ...
Donanemab is a targeted antibody drug which slows down the early stages of Alzheimer’s. The drug, and another new drug for Alzheimer’s called lecanemab, have been billed as a huge step forward ...
Lilly Biotechnology Center in San Diego, Calif. Credit - Getty Images. O n July 2, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug for treating Alzheimer’s disease. Donanemab, or ...
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease that involves a gradual and irreversible decline in memory, thinking, and, eventually, the ability to perform daily activities.
For each category, patients were rated on a 5-point scale: 0 is normal, 0.5 is questionable dementia and 1, 2 and 3 are mild, moderate and severe stages of dementia, respectively.
U.S. health officials on Friday approved a closely watched Alzheimer’s drug that modestly slows the brain-robbing disease, albeit with potential safety risks that patients and their doctors will ...