Amgen Inc. and Novartis AG announced Thursday afternoon that they will discontinue a study into a potential Alzheimer's disease prevention therapy after...
Amgen Inc.
and Novartis AG NVS, -1.15% announced Thursday afternoon that they will discontinue a study into a potential Alzheimer's disease prevention therapy after patients in the study showed worsening conditions. "An assessment of unblinded data during a regular pre-planned review identified worsening in some measures of cognitive function," the companies said in a joint announcement.
failed in testing of an amyloid-focused drug earlier this year, leading some to predict that focusing on the sticky protein found in the brain could be a losing route to a drug for the debilitating neurodegenerative disease. "We still believe amyloid plays an important but complex role in Alzheimer's disease," Amgen executive David Reese said in Thursday's announcement. Novartis shares were down 1.
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