Japanese drugmaker Eisai Co Ltd and Biogen Inc said on Sunday the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has given priority review for their Alzheimer's disease drug.
said on Sunday the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has given priority review for their Alzheimer's disease drug.
The drug, lecanemab, which was recently granted accelerated approval in the United States, is an antibody that has been shown to remove sticky deposits of a protein called amyloid beta from the brains of patients in the early stages of the mind-wasting disease.
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