The European Medicines Agency re-examined clinical data of a subset of patients with one or no copies of the APOE4 gene ...

European regulators initially said in July that the drug's benefits did not outweigh its risks. View on euronews ...

A European regulatory committee now recommends approval of the Alzheimer’s treatment lecanemab a few months after rejecting ...

Biogen Inc.’s BIIB Japan-based partner, Eisai announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal ...

Europe's medicines watchdog on Thursday partially approved a marketing request for a long-awaited new treatment for Alzheimer ...

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) human medicines committee (CHMP) made a number of recommendations at its November ...

A European regulatory committee now recommends approval of the Alzheimer’s treatment lecanemab a few months after rejecting ...

The EMA has changed its mind about an earlier decision that the risks of Leqembi (lecanemab) outweigh the benefits and is now recommending the Alzheimer’s disease drug is approved for a subgroup of ...

Following a re-evaluation, the EMA has recommended Eisai and Biogen’s Alzheimer’s therapy Leqembi for a subgroup of patients.

An estimated 4,500 prescriptions have been filled in 2024 so far, Iwatsubo said. About 80 percent of patients have mild cognitive impairment, the rest have mild dementia. Most are in their 70s, and ...

Leqembi is a medication doctors prescribe for people with Alzheimer’s disease. It's covered by Original Medicare Part B because you receive it as an intravenous (IV) infusion.

"After re-examining its initial opinion, the EMA... has recommended granting marketing authorisation to Leqembi (lecanemab) for treating mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia due to Alzheimer ...