Biogen (BIIB) and Eisai's Leqembi medicine has been approved to treat mild cognitive impairment in early stages of Alzheimer's disease, the European Commission said Tuesday.
The medicine is for use in patients who have only one or no copy of the ApoE4 gene and who have amyloid beta plaques in the brain, the Commission said.
The approval makes Leqembi the first such medicine to be authorized in the EU, it added.
Biogen and Eisai did not immediately respond to MT Newswires' requests for comment.
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