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EISAI PRESENTS FULL RESULTS OF LECANEMAB PHASE 3 CONFIRMATORY CLARITY AD STUDY FOR EARLY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AT CLINICAL TRIALS ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (CTAD) CONFERENCE

TOKYO and CAMBRIDGE, Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) and Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB, Corporate headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts, CEO: Christopher A. Viehbacher, “Biogen”) announced today that the results from Eisai’s large global Phase 3 confirmatory Clarity AD clinical study of lecanemab (development code: BAN2401), an investigational anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril antibody for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild AD (collectively known as early AD) with confirmed presence of amyloid pathology in the brain, were presented at the 2022 Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference, in San Francisco, California and virtually.

EISAI TO PRESENT FULL FINDINGS FROM LECANEMAB CONFIRMATORY PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (CLARITY AD) AND OTHER ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE RESEARCH AT THE 15TH CLINICAL TRIALS ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (CTAD) CONFERENCE

Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Toyoko, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) will present the efficacy, safety and biomarker findings from the company’s Phase 3 confirmatory Clarity AD clinical trial for lecanemab (development code: BAN2401), an investigational anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) protofibril antibody for the potential treatment of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild AD (collectively known as early AD) with confirmed presence of amyloid pathology in the brain, at the 15th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference. At the meeting, which will be held in San Francisco, CA and virtually from November 29 to December 2, Eisai and esteemed faculty will present the full data in a scientific session on the first day of the meeting (November 29 at 4:50 p.m. PT). Additionally, other important research from the lecanemab clinical development program and Eisai’s AD pipeline, including the company’s investigational anti-microtubule binding region (MTBR) tau antibody (E2814), will be presented in four oral and ten poster presentations.

EISAI SATISFIES ALL-CASE STUDY REQUIREMENT FOR ANTIEPILEPTIC AGENT INOVELON®

Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) announced today that it has received notification from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) that the “all-case study” specified post-marketing observational study condition required at the time of approval of antiepileptic agent Inovelon® Tablets 100 mg and 200 mg (rufinamide) as an adjunctive therapy to other antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) for treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) has been cleared.

EISAI ANNOUNCES PLANS TO SUBMIT APPLICATION FOR PARTIAL CHANGE TO LABEL FOR DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION OF ARICEPT® FOR TREATMENT OF DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES BASED ON RESULTS OF DRUG REEXAMINATION

Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) announced today that it has received notification that Aricept® (donepezil hydrochloride), a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies that was discovered and developed in-house, has been granted Category 2* status based on the results of a reexamination of its efficacy, dosage and administration for the treatment of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) in Japan.

LECANEMAB CONFIRMATORY PHASE 3 CLARITY AD STUDY MET PRIMARY ENDPOINT, SHOWING HIGHLY STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF CLINICAL DECLINE IN LARGE GLOBAL CLINICAL STUDY OF 1,795 PARTICIPANTS WITH EARLY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

· ALL KEY SECONDARY ENDPOINTS ALSO MET, DEMONSTRATING HIGHLY STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT RESULTS
· PROFILE OF AMYLOID-RELATED IMAGING ABNORMALITIES (ARIA) INCIDENCE WAS WITHIN EXPECTATIONS
· EISAI AIMS TO FILE FOR TRADITIONAL APPROVAL IN THE U.S., AND TO SUBMIT MARKETING AUTHORIZATION APPLICATIONS IN JAPAN AND EUROPE BY THE END OF EISAI FY2022, WHICH ENDS ON MARCH 31, 2023

METOJECT® SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION SYRINGE (METHOTREXATE) APPROVED IN JAPAN FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Eisai Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Haruo Naito, “Eisai”) and nippon medac Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, CEO: Hirohisa Iriyama, “nippon medac”), a subsidiary of medac Gesellschaft für klinische Spezialpräparate mbH (Headquarters: Germany) announced today that they have obtained manufacturing and marketing approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for the indication of the anti-rheumatic agent “Metoject® Subcutaneous Injection 7.5mg syringe 0.15mL, 10mg syringe 0.20mL, 12.5mg syringe 0.25mL and 15mg syringe 0.30mL” (methotrexate, “MTX”) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Metoject will be the first self-administrable MTX subcutaneous injection formulation for rheumatoid arthritis in Japan. Based on the license agreement signed by Eisai and medac GmbH in May 2019, nippon medac will hold the marketing authorization of Metoject, while Eisai will be responsible for product distribution of Metoject in Japan.