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EMA Backs Leqembi after Re-Examination, but for Limited Use
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has reversed its course on Eisai’s Alzheimer’s disease (AD) therapy Leqembi (lecanemab) and says it now recommends the drug’s approval, yet in a limited patient population. The EU regulator said on November 14 that its…
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