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Podcast: BioCentury This Week
Episode: Ep. 185 - Leqembi's Launch, Biotech IPOs, Sarepta Approval
Description: Full approval of Leqembi lecanemab-irmb will unlock reimbursement and energize Alzheimer’s R&D, but the launch will be slow, said BioCentury Washington Editor Steve Usdin on the latest BioCentury This Week podcast. Usdin and colleagues break down the takeaways from BioCentury’s interview with Chris Viehbacher, CEO of Biogen, and discuss the challenges of launching a product for a disease that has until now been untreatable.BioCentury’s editors also discussed the prospects for the IPO window in the second half now that the market for follow-on financings is showing signs of life, and the controversy surrounding Elevid...