Leqembi approved for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
BioArctic AB’s (publ) (NASDAQ Stockholm: BIOA B) partner Eisai announced today that the Department of Health in Hong Kong has approved Leqembi® (brand name in Hong Kong: „???®“, generic name: lecanemab) for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Treatment with Leqembi should be initiated in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia stage of disease, the population in which treatment was initiated in clinical trials. Hong Kong is the fifth approval following the US, Japan, China and South Korea. Leqembi’s approval in Hong Kong is based on the large global Phase 3 Clarity AD study. In the Clarity AD study, Leqembi met its primary endpoint and all key secondary endpoints with statistically significant results.[1] In Hong Kong, 9.3% of people aged 70 years and older are living with dementia, and 32% of those aged 85 years and older, of…

