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The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab developed by Eisai Co Ltd and Biogen Inc for patients in the earliest stages of the mind-wasting disease.

FILE PHOTO: A sign marks a Biogen facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File PhotoFILE PHOTO: A sign marks a Biogen facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

Eisai said the drug would launch at an annual price of $26 500. Biogen shares, which had been halted, were up 3% at $279.40. “The new drug may not generate a significant profit immediately after the launch, but it will start contributing to our profit in the latter half of the second year or the third year,” he said without giving any concrete figure.

“Without Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and insurance coverage … access for those who could benefit from the newly-approved treatment will only be available to those who can pay out-of-pocket,” the Alzheimer’s Association said in a statement. If the drug receives traditional FDA approval, CMS said it would provide broader coverage. Eisai officials have said the company plans to submit data from a recent successful clinical trial in 1,800 patients as the basis for a full standard review of Leqembi.

 

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