The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved aducanumab, the first drug that slows Alzheimer’s disease. Aducanumab is also the first novel therapy for Alzheimer’s disease approved since 2003.   Biogen and its Japanese partner Eisai developed aducanumab, administered through intravenous infusion to treat early Alzheimer’s disease. The drug was developed for patients with mild cognitive impairment, not severe dementia.   According to the Alzheimer’s Association, this is...