Lecanemab is a monoclonal antibody with high affinity to amyloid-beta soluble protofibrils. It was approved in 2023 as an IV ...

Differences in outcomes between patients with early Alzheimer’s disease who used lecanemab and matched controls increased ...

A new Alzheimer’s drug, lecanemab, may slow disease progression and offer patients up to four extra years of stable health.

Lecanemab may be safe and effective for treating early-stage Alzheimer’s disease within a small community of older adults, ...

Eisai has presented new clinical data showing that patients with early Alzheimer’s disease continue to benefit from four years of treatment with Leqembi (lecanemab). Findings were shared at the ...

An Alzheimer’s “wonder drug” can delay the progression of the disease by four years, according to a new study. Researchers ...

What the science says about lecanemab On Friday, the FDA’s Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee met to discuss the results from a confirmatory Phase 3 study on ...

Lecanemab's price may pose another barrier, even with insurance coverage. The drug's maker, Eisai, expects the medicine alone to cost $26,500 a year. Diagnostic and follow-up tests will add to that.

Lecanemab, the new Alzheimer’s drug approved by the FDA, explained Lecanemab doesn’t cure Alzheimer’s disease. Patients will still decline — but not as quickly.

Lecanemab and Aduhelm are part of a class of drugs called monoclonal antibodies, and the agency that oversees Medicare has said it will only pay for this type of Alzheimer’s drug for patients ...

The FDA’s accelerated approval of lecanemab was expected, said Dr. Richard Isaacson, director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic in the Center for Brain Health at Florida Atlantic University ...

But lecanemab’s quest for approval has been shadowed by the previous approval of another Alzheimer’s drug to get accelerated approval: aducanemab, sold as Aduhelm. During aducanemab’s ...