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Eisai Completes Rolling Submission to US FDA for LEQEMBI® IQLIK™ (lecanemab-irmb) Supplemental Biologics License Application as a Subcutaneous Starting Dose for the Treatment of Early Alzheimer’s Disease Under Fast Track Status
LEQEMBI IQLIK, if approved for initiation dosing, would be the first and only anti-amyloid treatment to offer at-home injection from the start of therapy to help patients and care partners treat this progressive, relentless diseaseTOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) and Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB, Corporate headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts, CEO: Christopher A. Viehbacher, “Biogen”) announced today tha
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