In this week's podcast edition of Five Must-Know Things: landmark results for lecanemab in Alzheimer’s; other Alzheimer’s players rise after the lecanemab results; Leqvio’s importance to Novartis; Pfizer’s secret sauce for digitalization; and Amgen’s clinical trial diversity efforts.

The new ALS product is a fixed-dose combo of two ingredients – sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol – that some patients currently are compounding. Amylyx says it will explore ‘all options’ in addressing that, noting its strong IP for Relyvrio, but also committing to access.

The latest drug approval news and highlights from the Pink Sheet’s US FDA Performance Tracker

Hemp industry and private attorneys glad Birenbaum, who was the chief cannabis policy advisor to governors of New York and Rhode Island, given prominent role at FDA that could spur regulatory action.