Eisai Receives Positive Opinion from the CHMP in the European Union for Lecanemab in Early Alzheimer’s Disease
TOKYO, Nov 15, 2024 – (JCN Newswire) – Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today a positive opinion has been received from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommending approval of the amyloid-beta (Aβ) monoclonal antibody lecanemab as a treatment of adult patients with a clinical diagnosis ofmild cognitive impairment and mild dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease (Early Alzheimer’s disease) who are apolipoprotein E ε4 (ApoE ε4)* non-carriers or heterozygotes with confirmed amyloid pathology.1 Eisai had requested a re- examination of the prior negative opinion adopted by the CHMP in July 2024…
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