Conflicts Of Interest Delay Leqembi’s EU Approval

Eisai/Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug has fallen foul of a recent court ruling over the handling of the European Medicines Agency’s experts' competing interests.    

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In a first, the European approval process for Eisai Co., Ltd./Biogen, Inc.’s Alzheimer’s disease drug Leqembi (lecanemab) has been delayed due to a recent court ruling related to the European Medicines Agency’s conflict of interest policy.

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