The FDA approves a new maintenance dosing regimen for lecanemab (Leqembi; Eisai) in patients with early-stage Alzheimer ...
Like Aduhelm (aducanumab) lecanemab – also known as BAN2401 – is another amyloid-directed antibody but has a slightly different mechanism, targeting soluble amyloid beta protofibrils which ...
The drugs, aducanumab (Aduhelm) and lecanemab (Leqembi), were approved in June 2021 and January 2023, respectively. Both ...
The first disease-modifying drug in AD, Aducanumab, was approved by the FDA in June 2021, followed by Lecanemab in January 2023. These approvals were based on reduction of amyloid β plaques with an ...