An Alzheimer’s disease drug from partners AC Immune and Roche has failed a mid-stage clinical trial, adding another compound to the list of experimental therapies that have fallen short of demonstrating that they can treat the neurodegenerative disorder.
The drug, semorinemab, was tested in patients with early Alzheimer’s disease. It did not achieve the Phase 2 study’s main goal of beating a placebo in slowing decline according to a dementia scale, AC Immune (NASDAQ: ACIU) reported Wednesday. The company added that the drug also failed to beat a placebo in secondary goals of showing improvement in cognitive symptoms and the... Read more »
Author: Frank Vinluan
Date : 2020-09-23T15:13:51.000Z