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Study finds lecanemab clears amyloid but shows no short-term recovery in brain waste-clearance system
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Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University report that while the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab reduces amyloid plaques, MRI measures found no improvement in the brain’s glymphatic waste-clearance three months after treatment began, underscoring the disease’s complexity and the need for multi-target approaches.
Servier Egypt has launched Tibsovo (ivosidenib), the first targeted therapy available in the country for patients with IDH1-mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. The treatment offers a median overall survival of 29.3 months for eligible AML patients and 10.3 months for those with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, according to clinical data. It is approved as a first-line treatment for AML and a second-line option for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
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