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Treating Alzheimer’s: regulatory hurdles in an anti-amyloid revolution

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently converted the accelerated approval of the drug, granted in January 2023 , to a full authorisation on the back of data from pivotal clinical studies conducted by the marketing authorisation holder, Eisai 1. This conclusion was based on the same data submitted to the FDA.

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Paving the way for anti-Abeta active immunotherapy

European Pharmaceutical Review

Targeting toxic species of Abeta, such as multimers (with aducanumab and lecanemab) or pyroglutamate Abeta3-42 (with donanemab), induced significant removal of Abeta plaque load in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, leading to the delay in cognitive decline. Treatment with the mAbs delayed cognitive decline by 2.6 months for lecanemab and 5.5