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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Lecanemab: new Alzheimer’s drug hailed as ‘beginning of the end’ for disease

A ground-breaking drug has been found to slow cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer’s - with experts hailing it a breakthrough that “can meaningfully change the course of the disease”.

The experimental drug - named Lecanemab - showed the promising effects in a trial that spanned 18 months and involved nearly 1,800 patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s.

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