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Eisai/Biogen’s LEQEMBI® (lecanemab) receives traditional approval from FDA to treat AD

Jul 6, 2023

Biogen and Eisai announced that the FDA has approved the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for LEQEMBI® (lecanemab-irmb) to treat Alzheimer’s disease (AD).  On 9 June 2023, the FDA’s Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee unanimously voted that the results of a specific Eisai phase III clinical trial verified the clinical benefit of the use of LEQEMBI® for AD.

On 5 March 2023, Biogen and Eisai Co announced that the FDA has accepted their sBLA and granted priority review for traditional approval of LEQEMBI™ (lecanemab) for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.  It was approved under the Accelerated Approval Pathway on 6 January 2023 (approval based on ‘surrogate’ marker or endpoint).