Alzheimer’s

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New study argues the importance of existing anti-inflammatory drugs in fighting dementia

May 3, 2018
Research and Development Alzheimer's, dementia, pharma

Research into dementia has waned in recent times as researchers struggle to pin down concrete advancements, leading to the withdrawal …

Celgene bucks trend to strengthen neuroscience pipeline

March 21, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Celgene, Prothena, biotech, drugs, neuroscience, pharma, pharmaceutical

Celgene has gone against industry movement to back out of the neuroscience area by putting down a potential $2.2 billion …

EMA set to also revise guidelines of Alzheimer’s trials

February 28, 2018
Medical Communications Alzheimer's, EMA, FDA, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

The EMA, following on from the FDA’s lead earlier this month, has announced that it will revise its guidelines on …

AbbVie turns to tau for Alzheimer’s in $1.1bn deal

February 21, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AbbVie, Alzheimer's, Voyager, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Sailing against the prevailing winds in the Alzheimer’s disease space, AbbVie has launched a deal worth a potential $1.1 billion …

FDA weighs up divisive change to Alzheimer’s drug assessment

February 16, 2018
Medical Communications Alzheimer's, FDA, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an area badly in need of a treatment, the problem is that this prospect seems to …

Biogen shares hit by key Alzheimer’s drug concerns

February 15, 2018
Research and Development Alzheimer's, Biogen, MSD, Merck, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Biogen made investors very nervous after it announced that it was choosing to add an additional 510 patients to its …

MSD shuts down Phase 3 trial in prodromal Alzheimer’s

February 14, 2018
Research and Development Alzheimer's, MSD, pharma, verubecestat

Another blow has been dealt to the field of Alzheimer’s research as MSD announces yet another trial failure of a …

Boehringer terminates Alzheimer’s candidate after Phase 2 failure

February 12, 2018
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Boehringer Ingelheim, dementia, pharma

Boehringer Ingelheim has announced its intention to halt development of its candidate BI 409306 in the treatment of Alzheimer’s after …

New blood test for Alzheimer’s offers hope

February 1, 2018
Research and Development Alzheimer's, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

To say January was a bleak month for Alzheimer’s research would be something of an understatement: Pfizer ducked out of …

Senescent cell findings provides Parkinson’s treatment clue

January 25, 2018
Research and Development Alzheimer's, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

Senescent cells are the dormant state that cells shift to in response to certain stressors, it is thought that they …

Amyloid pathway doubts after latest Alzheimer’s failure

January 25, 2018
Research and Development Alzheimer's, biotech, drugs, pharma, pharmaceutical

There has been another drug failure in a large Phase 3 that once again crushes a hope for a possible …

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