Safety of Alzheimer’s therapy again under scrutiny at EMA’s CHMP
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The anti-amyloid saga continues at EMA’s CHMP, as the European Commission, in an uncommon move, has asked the committee to reconsider its recommendation to approve anti-amyloid mAb Leqembi lecanemab.
The EC said it was making the request due to new safety information that had come to light after CHMP had issued a positive opinion on Leqembi in November. That decision was based on a reexamination of the anti-β-amyloid mAb’s data and overturned the therapy’s initial rejection in July 2024, in which it had cited modest benefit in the context of serious safety concerns...
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