Biogen Inc

Shares producing the biggest moves premarket: Starbucks, AMD, Pearson, PacWest & extra
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Shares producing the biggest moves premarket: Starbucks, AMD, Pearson, PacWest & extra

In this short article GNRC CCOI PACW Follow your most loved stocksGenerate No cost ACCOUNT basic watch of a Starbucks retail outlet on September 15, 2022 in Plainview, New York Bruce Bennett | Getty Visuals Information | Getty Illustrations or photos Verify out the businesses making headlines in premarket trading. Eli Lilly — The pharmaceutical […]

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Bipartisan attorneys general call on Medicare to cover Alzheimer’s treatments
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Bipartisan attorneys general call on Medicare to cover Alzheimer’s treatments

The Alzheimer’s drug LEQEMBI is seen in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on January 20, 2023. Eisai | via Reuters Democratic and Republican attorneys general in nearly half of U.S. states are calling on Medicare to provide unrestricted coverage of antibody treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, according to a letter released Monday. The push […]

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Alzheimer’s patients may wait years to get treated with new drugs, putting them at risk of more severe disease
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Alzheimer’s patients may wait years to get treated with new drugs, putting them at risk of more severe disease

Juanmonino | E+ | Getty Images Seniors with early Alzheimer’s disease will face major hurdles to get treated even if promising new drugs roll out more broadly in the coming years, putting them at risk of developing more severe disease as they wait months or perhaps years for a diagnosis. The U.S. health-care system is […]

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Alzheimer’s: Medicare will cover Leqembi for all patients if FDA approves drug, CMS chief says
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Alzheimer’s: Medicare will cover Leqembi for all patients if FDA approves drug, CMS chief says

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during her nomination hearing to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Washington on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Caroline Brehman | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Medicare will cover the new Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi for all patients eligible under the medication’s label […]

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Biogen isn’t concerned about competing with Eli Lilly in the Alzheimer’s drug space, CEO says
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Biogen isn’t concerned about competing with Eli Lilly in the Alzheimer’s drug space, CEO says

A person skateboards past Biogen Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday, June 7, 2021. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Biogen isn’t worried about competing with Eli Lilly as they both attempt to bring an Alzheimer’s drug to the market, Biogen’s CEO said Tuesday.  “I think it will be good if there are […]

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FDA grants accelerated approval for Biogen ALS drug that treats rare form of the disease
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FDA grants accelerated approval for Biogen ALS drug that treats rare form of the disease

A pedestrian walks past Biogen Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday, June 7, 2021. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday granted accelerated approval for Biogen‘s drug tofersen, which treats a rare and aggressive form of the disease known as ALS. Accelerated approval is an FDA designation […]

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Alzheimer’s patients retain the benefits of Leqembi even when they stop the drug, Eisai says
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Alzheimer’s patients retain the benefits of Leqembi even when they stop the drug, Eisai says

Research at Biogen Source: Biogen Alzheimer’s patients who take Leqembi retain the benefits of the treatment even when they stop taking it, new research by Eisai shows.  The Japanese drugmaker and its partner Biogen last week released an additional analysis of clinical trials of the monoclonal antibody drug, which is also known as lecanemab. Alzheimer’s disease continued to progress at a slower rate […]

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Eli Lilly says experimental Alzheimer’s drug reduces brain plaque in early study
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Eli Lilly says experimental Alzheimer’s drug reduces brain plaque in early study

Medical bottles and syringe are seen with Eli Lilly and Company logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on November 10, 2022. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Eli Lilly‘s experimental Alzheimer’s drug lowered levels of brain plaque in patients who are in the earliest […]

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FDA advisors vote against effectiveness of Biogen’s ALS drug for rare and aggressive form of the disease
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FDA advisors vote against effectiveness of Biogen’s ALS drug for rare and aggressive form of the disease

A pedestrian walks past Biogen Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., on Monday, June 7, 2021. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration’s independent panel of advisors on Wednesday voted against the effectiveness of Biogen’s investigational ALS drug for a rare and aggressive form of the disease. The drug tofersen […]

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