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The lucrative Alzheimer’s disease market could have a second player soon, posing strong competition to Biogen BIIB and its Japan-based partner Eisai’s Leqembi, approved last year in the United States to reduce the cognitive decline associated with early Alzheimer’s disease.On Jun 10, the FDA’s Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee voted 11-0, unanimously recommending the approval of Eli Lilly’s LLY Alzheimer's disease drug, donanemab.However, with donanemab just one step away from approval, the Alzheimer’s market could soon get two drugs. Two products on the market should accelerate uptake as Eisai, Lilly and Biogen will invest in educating patients and physicians and building the necessary infrastructure to boost sales. The FDA committee’s endorsement of donanemab, in a way, reflects FDA’s optimistic approach for Aβ targeting Alzheimer’s treatments which have an acceptable benefit-risk profile.