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FDA Advisors Back Full Approval of Eisai’s Alzheimer’s Med
An advisory panel of the US FDA on June 9 unanimously recommended full approval of Eisai’s Alzheimer’s disease therapy Leqembi (lecanemab). The agency is set to deliver a decision by July 6, with a likely clearance expected to pave the…
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