eisai submits marketing authorization application for lecanemab as treatment for early alzheimer’s disease in great britain
eisai co., ltd. and biogen inc. announced today that eisai has submitted a marketing authorization application (maa) for lecanemab, an investigational anti-amyloid beta (aβ) protofibril antibody, for the treatment of early alzheimer’s disease with confirmed amyloid pathology in the brain, to the uk medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency (mhra) in great britain. lecanemab has been designated by the mhra for the innovative licensing and access pathway (ilap).