New Maintenance Dosing Option for Alzheimer's Drug Leqembi Offers Flexibility
Fact checked by Nick Blackmer The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new maintenance dosing schedule for Leqembi, a monoclonal antibody treatment shown to slow cognitive decline in people with early Alzheimer’s disease.
Leqembi Monthly IV Maintenance Dosing Approved for Early Alzheimer Disease
Lecanemab is a humanized immunoglobulin gamma 1 monoclonal antibody directed against aggregated soluble and insoluble forms of amyloid beta.
FDA Approves New Maintenance Dosing for Lecanemab to Treat Early-Stage Alzheimer Disease
The FDA approves a new maintenance dosing regimen for lecanemab (Leqembi; Eisai) in patients with early-stage Alzheimer disease (AD), enabling a transition from biweekly to once-every-4-week dosing while preserving clinical and biomarker benefits.
Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi sBLA set for Alzheimer’s maintenance dosing
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the supplemental biologics licence application (sBLA) of Eisai and Biogen's Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb) for maintenance dosing once every four weeks for the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
FDA Approves New IV Maintenance Dose of Leqembi
A monthly 10 mg/mL maintenance dose of Leqembi had the same effects on mild Alzheimer’s symptoms as biweekly dose, research shows.
US FDA OKs monthly maintenance dosing for Eisai/Biogen's Alzheimer's drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved monthly maintenance dosing for Japan's Eisai and partner Biogen's Alzheimer's drug Leqembi, the companies said on Monday.
FDA clears monthly dosing of Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi
The approval is the first to come from the FDA since the Trump administration paused external communication by health agencies last week.
BIIB Secures FDA Nod for Monthly Maintenance Dosing of Alzheimer's Drug
Biogen BIIB announced that the FDA has approved a monthly maintenance dosing version for its intravenously (IV) administered Alzheimer's disease (AD) drug, Leqembi. Post the FDA approval, patients have the option to transition to a monthly maintenance dosing regimen of Leqembi after completing an 18-month course of biweekly infusions of the drug.
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