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September 29, 2022
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Shares of Biogen and other drugmakers researching Alzheimer's disease have soared after Japan's Eisai Co. said its potential treatment appeared to slow the fatal disease in a late-stage study.
Eisai announced results late Tuesday from a global study of nearly 1,800 people with early-stage Alzheimer's. The drugmaker said early results showed that its treatment, lecanemab, reduced patient clinical decline by 27% when compared to a placebo or fake drug after 18 months of the infused treatment.
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