Amgen's Statin Intolerance Study May Not Cure What Ails PCSK9 Inhibitors

Eisai is working on securing reimbursement across the EU for Leqembi now that the Alzheimer’s disease treatment has secured marketing approval from the European Commission.

The pact could be worth more than $2.6bn and adds to growing big pharma investment in the technology.

By allowing it to enter the brain more easily, trontinemab’s brain shuttle brings more patients to ‘amyloid zero’ levels faster, and with fewer brain swelling side effects.

The study’s failure in the overall MDD population was not a surprise, but solriamfetol’s efficacy in MDD with EDS provided a rationale for testing it in that subpopulation.