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Indication(s)

Treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease.

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Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Sex Risk Factors for Alzheimer Disease: A Meta-analysis.

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Interpreting Biomarker Results in Individual Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Alzheimer's Biomarkers in Daily Practice (ABIDE) Project.

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World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for the Biological Treatment of Alzheimer ’s disease and other dementias

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Category Value
Agency product number EMEA/H/C/002658
Orphan designation No
Date First Approved 29-04-2013
Type Medicinal product subject to restricted medical prescription
Marketing authorisation holder KRKA, d.d.