Eisai (ESAIY) and Biogen (BIIB) announced that Health Canada has issued a Notice of Compliance with Conditions for humanized anti-soluble aggregated amyloid-beta monoclonal antibody “LEQEMBI” for the treatment of adult patients with a clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease who are apolipoprotein E 4 non-carriers or heterozygotes and who have confirmed amyloid pathology. LEQEMBI is the first treatment for early AD that targets an underlying cause of the disease, to be authorized in Canada.
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