Health Canada grants authorisation for Leqembi (lecanemab) for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease

Biogen

26 October 2025 - Eisai and Biogen announced today that Health Canada has issued a notice of compliance with conditions for humanised anti-soluble aggregated amyloid-beta monoclonal antibody Leqembi (lecanemab) for the treatment of adult patients with a clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease (early AD) who are apolipoprotein E ε4 non-carriers or heterozygotes and who have confirmed amyloid pathology. 

Leqembi is the first treatment for early AD that targets an underlying cause of the disease, to be authorised in Canada.

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