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Before Aducanumab AdCom, Eisai CEO Voices Hopes for Potential 1st Alzheimer’s Drug in 17 Years

November 6, 2020
A day before the FDA’s aducanumab advisory committee meeting, Eisai CEO Haruo Naito at the company’s earnings conference on November 5 expressed his expectations for what could potentially be the first Alzheimer’s drug in 17 years. Partner Biogen’s anti-amyloid antibody…

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