The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted traditional full approval to the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, the first medicine proven to slow the course of the memory-robbing disease.
There is no cure yet, but now, a newly FDA-approved drug is helping to slow its progression before it’s too late.
Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi has full FDA approval THE ASSOCIATED PRESS July 7, 2023 at 07:30 JST Share Tweet list Print This image provided by Eisai in January 2023 shows vials and packaging for ...
WASHINGTON--Government health officials on Monday approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding warnings from independent advisers that the much-debated ...
Approved by the FDA earlier this year, the Alzheimer's therapy lecanemab is an antibody that reduces the buildup in the brain of a sticky peptide called amyloid-beta (Aβ), which is thought to be ...
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Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Two new drugs from Eli Lilly—Leqembi and ...
