Experimental Alzheimer's drug shows benefits in phase 3 trial, company says

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Japanese drugmaker Eisai said cognitive function slowed over 18 months in patients who received the drug, called lecanemab.

BSIP / UIG via Getty ImagesThe Japanese drugmaker Eisai said Tuesday its experimental drug for Alzheimer’s disease helped slow cognitive decline in patients in the early stages of the illness.

Dr. Alberto Espay, a neurologist at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, said that the benefit was"small" and that it fell below the threshold of what would be meaningful to a patient. Still, he said,"patients can view this with cautious optimism."

 

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