Benefits of lecanemab, a new Alzheimer’s drug, unclear for patients of color : Short Wave : NPR
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 19, 2023
EMILY KWONG, HOST:
You're listening to SHORT WAVE...
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KWONG: ...from NPR.
There was a big announcement in January from the FDA. They were accelerating approval for a drug called lecanemab.
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SCOTT SIMON, BYLINE: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug that appears to slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
KWONG: Now, in clinical trials, lecanemab's effects on early Alzheimer's disease were pretty small. Among the hundreds of patients who . . .
