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Experimental drug appears to slow progression of Alzheimer's disease but raises safety concerns

Por: ABC7 Health December 01, 2022

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treatment, according to new Phase 3 trial results, but the findings raise some safety concerns because of its association with certain serious adverse events.Lecanemab has become one of the first experimental dementia drugs to appear to slow the progression of cognitive decline.The long-awaited trial data, published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, comes about two months after drugmakers Biogen and Eisai announced that lecanemab... + full article



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