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Lecanemab Approval

Lecanemab was approved by U.S. regulators in 2023 for early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease.

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Jan 11, 2026
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What reliable treatments and approved drugs currently exist for Alzheimer’s disease?

Two categories of reliable, FDA‑approved treatments exist for Alzheimer’s disease today: longstanding symptomatic therapies that can modestly improve cognition or behavior, and a new class of anti‑amy...

Jan 11, 2026
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What regulatory steps must a product pass to be FDA‑approved as a dementia treatment, and how can consumers verify approval?

FDA approval of a dementia treatment rests on a sequence of regulatory steps: preclinical research, phased clinical trials demonstrating safety and efficacy, review under standard or expedited pathway...

Jan 19, 2026

What recent disease‑modifying Alzheimer's treatments have been approved by regulators?

Three monoclonal antibody treatments that target amyloid-beta have been approved by U.S. regulators in recent years: aducanumab (Aduhelm) in 2021, lecanemab (Leqembi) in 2023 with updated maintenance ...

Jan 19, 2026

What treatments for Alzheimer are currently FDA-approved as of 2025?

As of 2025 the FDA’s approved arsenal for Alzheimer’s disease includes new anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies for early-stage illness, longstanding symptom‑relief drugs, and a few recent approvals for...

Jan 17, 2026

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Dementia "medicine" today divides into long-standing symptom-managing drugs and a new generation of disease-modifying biologics that slow—but do not cure—Alzheimer’s disease; clinicians stress early d...

Jan 11, 2026

How do FDA accelerated approvals differ from traditional approvals for Alzheimer’s drugs?

The FDA’s accelerated approval pathway lets Alzheimer’s drugs reach patients earlier by allowing approval on surrogate endpoints “reasonably likely” to predict benefit, with mandatory post‑marketing (...

Jan 7, 2026

What are the FDA‑approved treatments for Alzheimer’s and what do they do?

The FDA now recognizes two classes of treatments for Alzheimer’s: disease‑modifying, amyloid‑targeting monoclonal antibodies that can modestly slow clinical decline in early disease, and older symptom...