{"id":819914,"date":"2025-02-28T08:26:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T13:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/the-committee-for-medicinal-products-for-human-use-chmp-reaffirms-positive-opinion-for-lecanemab-in-early-alzheimers-disease\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T08:26:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T13:26:49","slug":"the-committee-for-medicinal-products-for-human-use-chmp-reaffirms-positive-opinion-for-lecanemab-in-early-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/the-committee-for-medicinal-products-for-human-use-chmp-reaffirms-positive-opinion-for-lecanemab-in-early-alzheimers-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) Reaffirms Positive Opinion for Lecanemab in Early Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-location\">TOKYO<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">CAMBRIDGE, Mass.<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 28, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: <span class=\"xn-location\">Tokyo<\/span>, CEO: <span class=\"xn-person\">Haruo Naito<\/span>, &#8220;Eisai&#8221;) and Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB, Corporate headquarters: <span class=\"xn-location\">Cambridge, Massachusetts<\/span>, CEO: <span class=\"xn-person\">Christopher A. Viehbacher<\/span>, &#8220;Biogen&#8221;) announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency has reaffirmed its positive opinion by consensus for the\u00a0anti-A\u03b2 monoclonal antibody lecanemab, adopted in <span class=\"xn-chron\">November 2024<\/span>.<sup>1<\/sup> Following CHMP&#8217;s reaffirmation, after having considered the additional information requested by the European Commission (EC), the EC will resume the decision-making process for lecanemab&#8217;s marketing authorization.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2348748\/Eisai_logo_svg_Logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2348748\/Eisai_logo_svg_Logo.jpg\" title=\"Eisai logo (PRNewsfoto\/Eisai Inc.)\" alt=\"Eisai logo (PRNewsfoto\/Eisai Inc.)\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 2025<\/span>, as part of its decision-making process, the\u00a0EC asked the CHMP to consider information on the safety of lecanemab that became available after the adoption of the CHMP opinion in <span class=\"xn-chron\">November 2024<\/span> and whether this may require an update of the opinion, and to consider whether the wording of the risk minimization measures in the opinion is clear enough to ensure correct implementation. After reviewing the additional information, the CHMP concluded that its positive opinion for lecanemab does not need to be updated.<\/p>\n<p>Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer&#8217;s disease (AD) and AD dementia currently affects an estimated 15.2 million and 6.9 million people in <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span>, respectively.<sup>2<\/sup> AD progresses over time in stages with increasingly severe symptoms that greatly impact not only those who are living with AD, but also their loved ones, care partners and society. There is a significant unmet need for new treatment options that slow down the progression of AD from its early stage.<\/p>\n<p>If the\u00a0EC approves the lecanemab marketing authorization application, the approval will apply to all 27 European Union member states, as well as <span class=\"xn-location\">Iceland<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Liechtenstein<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Norway<\/span>. Eisai and Biogen will continue to make every effort to deliver lecanemab to patients with early AD in <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span> as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Eisai serves as the lead for lecanemab&#8217;s development and regulatory submissions globally with both Eisai and Biogen co-commercializing and co-promoting the product and Eisai having final decision-making authority.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Notes to Editors<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>1. About\u00a0lecanemab (generic name, brand name: Leqembi<\/b><br \/>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <sup>\u00ae<\/sup><br \/>\n        <\/b><br \/>\n        <b>)<br \/><\/b>Lecanemab is the result of a strategic research alliance between Eisai and BioArctic. It is a humanized immunoglobulin gamma 1 (IgG1) monoclonal antibody directed against aggregated soluble (protofibril) and insoluble forms of amyloid-beta (A\u03b2).<\/p>\n<p>Lecanemab\u00a0has been approved in the U.S.,<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0Japan,<sup>4<\/sup>\u00a0China,<sup>5<\/sup>\u00a0South Korea,<sup>6<\/sup><span class=\"xn-location\">Hong Kong<\/span>,<sup>7<\/sup>\u00a0Israel,<sup>8<\/sup>\u00a0the <span class=\"xn-location\">United Arab Emirates<\/span>,<sup>9<\/sup>\u00a0the <span class=\"xn-location\">United Kingdom<\/span>,<sup>10<\/sup><span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>,<sup>11 <\/sup><span class=\"xn-location\">Macau<\/span> and Oman,\u00a0and is under regulatory review in 18 countries and regions including the EU. In January\u00a02025,\u00a0the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for once every four weeks maintenance\u00a0dosing. In January\u00a02025, the submission of a Biologics License Application (BLA) for maintenance dosing of a subcutaneous injection formulation, which is being developed to enhance convenience for patients, was accepted in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Since <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 2020<\/span> the Phase 3 clinical study (AHEAD 3-45) for individuals with preclinical AD, meaning they are clinically normal and have intermediate or elevated levels of\u00a0amyloid in their brains, is ongoing. AHEAD 3-45 is conducted as a public-private partnership between the Alzheimer&#8217;s Clinical Trial Consortium that provides the infrastructure for academic clinical trials in AD and related dementias in the U.S, funded by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, Eisai and Biogen. Since <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 2022<\/span>, the Tau NexGen clinical study for Dominantly Inherited AD (DIAD), that is conducted by Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU), led by <span class=\"xn-org\">Washington University<\/span> School of Medicine in <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Louis<\/span>, is ongoing and includes lecanemab as the backbone anti-amyloid therapy.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>2. About the Collaboration between\u00a0Eisai and Biogen for AD<br \/><\/b>Eisai and\u00a0Biogen have been collaborating on the joint development and commercialization of AD treatments since 2014. Eisai serves as the lead of lecanemab development and regulatory submissions globally with both companies co-commercializing and co-promoting the product and Eisai having final decision-making authority.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>3. About the Collaboration between\u00a0Eisai and BioArctic for AD<br \/><\/b>Since 2005, Eisai and BioArctic have had a long-term collaboration regarding the development and commercialization of AD treatments. Eisai obtained the global rights to study, develop, manufacture and market lecanemab for the treatment of AD pursuant to an agreement with BioArctic in <span class=\"xn-chron\">December 2007<\/span>. The development and commercialization agreement on the antibody lecanemab back-up was signed in <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 2015<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>4. <\/b><br \/>\n        <b>About Eisai Co., Ltd.<br \/><\/b>Eisai&#8217;s Corporate Concept is &#8220;to give first thought to patients and people in the daily living domain, and to increase the benefits that health care provides.&#8221; Under this Concept (also known as <i>human health care<\/i> (<i>hhc<\/i>) Concept), we aim to effectively achieve social good in the form of relieving anxiety over health and reducing health disparities. With a global network of R&amp;D facilities, manufacturing sites and marketing subsidiaries, we strive to create and deliver innovative products to target diseases with high unmet medical needs, with a particular focus in our strategic areas of Neurology and Oncology.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, we demonstrate our commitment to the elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which is a target (3.3) of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), by working on various activities together with global partners.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Eisai, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4372308-1&amp;h=2149011544&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eisai.com%2Findex.html&amp;a=www.eisai.com+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.eisai.com <\/a>(for global headquarters: Eisai Co., Ltd.), and connect with us on <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4372308-1&amp;h=3036449646&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FEisai_SDGs&amp;a=X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4372308-1&amp;h=264435381&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Feisaiglobal%2F&amp;a=LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4372308-1&amp;h=4226856251&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEisaiGlobal%2F&amp;a=Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>. 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These statements may be identified by words such as &#8220;aim,&#8221; &#8220;anticipate,&#8221; &#8220;believe,&#8221; &#8220;could,&#8221; &#8220;estimate,&#8221; &#8220;expect,&#8221; &#8220;forecast,&#8221; &#8220;intend,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;plan,&#8221; &#8220;possible,&#8221; &#8220;potential,&#8221; &#8220;will,&#8221; &#8220;would&#8221; and other words and terms of similar meaning. Drug development and commercialization involve a high degree of risk, and only a small number of research and development programs result in commercialization of a product. Results in early-stage clinical studies may not be indicative of full results or results from later stage or larger scale clinical studies and do not ensure regulatory approval. You should not place undue reliance on these statements.<\/p>\n<p>These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such statements, including without limitation unexpected concerns that may arise from additional data, analysis or results obtained during clinical studies; the occurrence of adverse safety events; risks of unexpected costs or delays; the risk of other unexpected hurdles; regulatory submissions may take longer or be more difficult to complete than expected; regulatory authorities may require additional information or further studies, or may fail or refuse to approve or may delay approval of Biogen&#8217;s drug candidates, including lecanemab; actual timing and content of submissions to and decisions made by the regulatory authorities regarding lecanemab; uncertainty of success in the development and potential commercialization of lecanemab; failure to protect and enforce Biogen&#8217;s data, intellectual property and other proprietary rights and uncertainties relating to intellectual property claims and challenges; product liability claims; and third party collaboration risks, results of operations and financial condition. The foregoing sets forth many, but not all, of the factors that could cause actual results to differ from Biogen&#8217;s expectations in any forward-looking statement. Investors should consider this cautionary statement as well as the risk factors identified in Biogen&#8217;s most recent annual or quarterly report and in other reports Biogen has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These statements speak only as of the date of this news release. Biogen does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>References<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use. 2024.\u00a0Leqembi (Lecanemab). <br \/>Overview. 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