Lingering Leqembi Question: When Should Treatment Stop?

Several questions about the anti-amyloid product used to treat Alzheimer’s remain, which could affirm calls for more US FDA, CMS and NIH collaboration on research.

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Neurology professor Randall Bateman said Alzheimer's disease treatment could be managed similar to cancer. • Source: Shutterstock

Even with apparent indicators of efficacy, clinicians still have questions about using Biogen, Inc. and Eisai Co., Ltd.’s Leqembi (lecanimab-irmb) in Alzheimer’s disease patients. Many likely require more study and some could be limiting uptake.

Leqembi has no guidance on when treatment should end, Erik Musiek, an associate neurology professor at Washington University School of...

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