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FDA grants full approval to first Alzheimer's drug that slows the disease (www.nbcnews.com)
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The first approved drug to slow the progression of the illness will come with a strong safety warning about potentially life-threatening side effects.

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[–] agentshags 2 points 1 year ago

Leqembi, from Japanese drugmaker Eisai and U.S.-based drugmaker Biogen, targets a type of protein in the brain called beta-amyloid, long thought by scientists to be one of the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease.