Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today a positive opinion has been received from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommending approval of the amyloid-beta (Aβ) monoclonal antibody lecanemab.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Eisai's corporate venture capital subsidiary, Eisai Innovation, Inc. announced today that Eisai Innovation,Inc. has been selected as a registered venture capital (Registered VC) of the Strengthening Program for Pharmaceutical Startup Ecosystem implemented by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED).
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that Eisai has completed the rolling submission of a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the latest findings for lecanemab-irmb (U.S. brand name: LEQEMBI(R)), an anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril* antibody for the treatment of early Alzheimer's disease (AD), were presented at the Clinical Trials for Alzheimer's Disease Conference (CTAD), held in Madrid, Spain, and virtually.
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Eisai Co. Ltd announced today that the latest findings on anti-MTBR (microtubule binding region) tau antibody E2814 were presented at the 17th annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) conference, held in Madrid, Spain, and virtually.
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Shimadzu Corporation, Eisai Co., Ltd., Oita University, and Usuki City Medical Association have demonstrated the utility of blood biomarkers in predicting the accumulation of amyloid beta (Abeta)(1) in the brain, a noted cause of Alzheimer's disease(2), in a cohort study conducted in Usuki City, Oita from November 2022.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of Australia issued a public statement about the initial decision not to register the humanized anti-solubleaggregated amyloid-beta (Abeta) monoclonal antibody lecanemab for the treatment of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild AD dementia.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) treatment "Rozebalamin(R) for Injection 25 mg" (mecobalamin) has received the Good Design Award 2024 (by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion) for its light-proof vial packaging.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has received approval for "URECE Tablets" (dotinurad) in Thailand as a treatment for gout and hyperuricemia.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that fully-fledged operations and business activities have begun at Eisai Pharmaceuticals Single Person Limited Liability Company (Eisai Saudi Arabia), a pharmaceutical sales subsidiary recently established in Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia).
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has obtained manufacturing and marketing authorization approval for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) treatment "Rozebalamin for Injection 25 mg" (mecobalamin) in Japan as a treatment for slowing progression of functional impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Anticancer Agent "Tasfygo(R) Tablets 35mg" (Tasurgratinib Succinate) Approved in Japan for Biliary Tract Cancer with FGFR2 Gene Fusions or Rearrangements
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These late-breaking data were presented for the first time on September 14 (Central European Summer Time) during a Presidential Symposium at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2024 (Presentation #LBA3).
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today the presentation of research across various types of cancer from its oncology portfolio and pipeline during the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2024, which is taking place virtually and in-person in Barcelona, Spain from September 13 to 17.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has acquired its own shares based on Article 40 of its Articles of Incorporation pursuant to the provisions of Article 459, paragraph 1 of the Companies Act.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc.announced today that the humanized amyloid-beta(Abeta) monoclonal antibody "Leqembi" (brand name, generic name: lecanemab) has been granted a Marketing Authorization by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in Great Britain.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the Ministry of Health and Prevention in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved humanized anti-soluble aggregated amyloid-beta (Abeta;) monoclonal antibody "LEQEMBI" (lecanemab) for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
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Eisai Co., Ltd. reconfirmed that the regulatory status for anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril antibody LEQEMBI (generic name:lecanemab) subcutaneous (SC) autoinjector, explained at the Financial Disclosure Meeting on August 2, 2024, is as follows.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the latest findings for lecanemab-irmb (U.S. brand name: LEQEMBI), an anti-amyloid beta (Abeta) protofibril* antibody for the treatment of early Alzheimer's disease (AD), were presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2024, held in Philadelphia, and virtually.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a negative opinion on the Marketing Authorization Approval (MAA) for the humanized anti-soluble aggregated amyloid-beta (Aβ) monoclonal antibody lecanemab as treatment for early AD (mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer?s disease (AD) and mild AD).
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and EcoNaviSta Inc. announced today that they have entered into a business alliance agreement and commenced collaboration with the aim of building an ecosystem in the area of dementia, which is a pressing matter in Japan's super-aging society.
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The conference will be held in Philadelphia and virtually from July 28 to August 1, 2024. Eisai will present data and research in four (4) oral and 15 poster presentations at the meeting and will host two (2) sessions on lecanemab.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that humanized anti-soluble aggregated amyloid-beta (Abeta) monoclonal antibody "LEQEMBI" (generic name: lecanemab) has been approved in Israel as a treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the Department of Health in HongKong has approved humanized anti-soluble aggregated amyloid-beta (Abeta;) monoclonal antibody "LEQEMBI" (brand name in Hong Kong: generic name: lecanemab) for treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has agreed to end its global strategic collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb for the co-development and co-commercialization of farletuzumab ecteribulin (FZEC), formerly known as MORAb-202, a folate receptor alpha (FRα)-targeting antibody drug conjugate (ADC) due to ongoing portfolio prioritization efforts within Bristol Myers Squibb.
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China is the third country to launch LEQEMBI following the United States and Japan.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that the company has achieved the pre-set performance indicators in FY2023 for the dementia examination project in Bunkyo City, Tokyo, which the company has been commissioned to conduct in order to raise awareness of dementia and promote early detection, and will continue the commission for this project in FY2024.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Eisai's Supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for monthly lecanemab-irmb (U.S. brand name: LEQEMBI) intravenous (IV) maintenance dosing.
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