US FDA approves Biogen Alzheimer's drug

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Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS: US regulators on Monday (Jun 7) approved Biogen's aducanumab as the first treatment to address an underlying cause of ...

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A sign marks a Biogen facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, Jan 26, 2017. Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS: US regulators on Monday approved Biogen's aducanumab as the first treatment to address an underlying cause of Alzheimer's disease despite controversy over mixed clinical trial results for the drug.

"Although the Aduhelm data are complicated with respect to its clinical benefits, FDA has determined that there is substantial evidence that Aduhelm reduces amyloid beta plaques in the brain and that the reduction in these plaques is reasonably likely to predict important benefits to patients," the agency said in a statement.

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