Even analysts who still doubt the FDA will approve the anti-amyloid antibody as the first disease-modifying Alzheimer’s treatment said aducanumab’s likelihood of approval has improved.

Among the 13 new drug marketing applications that the European Medicines Agency has most recently accepted for review are two products that could become the first approved treatments for children with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, a life-threatening disorder.

Japanese major buys out existing cancer cell therapy research partner, exercising an exclusive option dating back to a 2017 collaboration and expanding its immuno-oncology ambitions and pipeline.