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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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that the company decided to strengthen and continue its venture investment business, which launched in 2019, with the aim of discovering innovative technologies and services, supporting venture businesses with such technologies and partnering with those businesses in the future, so as to accelerate drug discovery innovation and the establishment of the ecosystem platform.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea has approved humanized anti-soluble aggregated amyloid-beta (Abeta) monoclonal antibody "LEQEMBI" (lecanemab) for treatment in adult patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) or mild AD (early AD).
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today the presentation of research across multiple types of cancer from its oncology portfolio and pipeline during the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting (#ASCO24), which is taking place virtually and in-person in Chicago, Illinois from May 31 to June 4.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and nippon medac Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of medac group announced today that they have launched the anti-rheumatic agent "Metoject Subcutaneous Injection 7.5mg Pen 0.15mL, 10mg Pen 0.20mL, 12.5mg Pen 0.25mL and 15mg Pen 0.30mL" (methotrexate, "MTX"), in Japan.
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LEQEMBI is indicated for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or mild dementia stage of disease (collectively referred to as early AD).
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has received approval in China for the additional indication of its in-house discovered antiepileptic drug (AED) Fycompa (generic name: perampanel hydrate) for adjunctive treatment of primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in patients with epilepsy aged 12 years and older.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that "The Research on Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease Based on its Pathological Mechanisms" has received the Award for Science and Technology (Research Category) as a part of the FY2024 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that the injection formulation of its in-house discovered antiepileptic drug (AED) Fycompa (perampanel hydrate) for intravenous (IV) infusion has been launched in Japan.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that its French sales subsidiary Eisai S.A.S. entered into an agreement to transfer the rights in France, the French Overseas Territories and Algeria (the "Territory") for the antipsychotic, "Loxapac" (generic name: loxapine) and the Parkinson's disease treatment "Parkinane LP" (generic name: trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride) to CNX Therapeutics Limited (Headquarters: London, UK, "CNX").
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Eisai Co., Ltd. and Biogen Inc. announced today that Eisai submitted to the U.S. Food andDrug Administration (FDA) a Supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for monthly lecanemab-irmb (U.S. brand name: LEQEMBI) intravenous (IV) maintenance dosing.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to divest its rights for vertigo and equilibrium disturbance treatment Merislon (generic name: betahistine mesilate) and muscle relaxant Myonal (generic name: eperisone hydrochloride) in Japan to Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that "NouKNOW", Eisai's self-check tool for brain health, was certified as a "ME-BYO BRAND" by Kanagawa prefecture.
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Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that drug discovery research conducted on lemborexant (brand name: Dayvigo), the dual orexin receptor antagonist discovered by Eisai, has been honored with The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (PSJ) Award for Drug Research and Development 2024 by the PSJ.
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LIFENET INSURANCE COMPANY and Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that they have co-developed Dementia Insurance "be", a dementia insurance that supports early detection and treatment of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (hereafter, "MCI") as one of the initiatives under the capital and business alliance agreement concluded in August 2022 for collaboration in dementia and other areas.
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