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Lackluster sales of its Alzheimer’s drug have left Biogen with a short-term revenue problem. The company is hoping Apellis’ rare disease drug Empaveli will fill that Leqembi-sized hole, as Max Gelman reports here.

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Karen Weintraub
Deputy Editor, Endpoints News
Chris Viehbacher, Biogen CEO (Sarah Merians Photography for Endpoints News)
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by Max Gelman

It’s no se­cret that sales of Leqem­bi have been dis­ap­point­ing.

First ap­proved in 2023, the Alzheimer’s drug from Ei­sai and Bio­gen launched short­ly af­ter Chris...

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Merck CEO Rob Davis at the White House on Dec. 19, 2025 (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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by Zachary Brennan

Mer­ck CEO Rob Davis said he has warned Con­gress and the Trump ad­min­is­tra­tion that if they cut off or ham­per US-Chi­na deal­mak­ing, the US could lose...

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by Elizabeth Cairns

Re­ta­tru­tide, the obe­si­ty can­di­date that has shown the most pow­er­ful weight loss in late-stage tri­als, will be filed for ap­proval ear­ly next year, its de­vel­op­er...

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