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EUROPE – Biogen has withdrawn its application for the Alzheimer’s disease drug in the European Union after discussions with regulators revealed that the data provided thus far is unlikely to…
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JAPAN – Fujifilm Corporation has developed artificial intelligence technology that can predict whether patients with mild cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer’s disease (AD) within two years. According to a press…
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USA – Medicare will not pay for Biogen’s new Alzheimer’s drug unless prospective patients are enrolled in a clinical trial, the US government has announced, severely limiting the drug’s use.…
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USA – Biogen has begun to lay off employees as part of a previously announced effort to cut annual expenses by US$500 million. The move comes as the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based…
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USA – Eli Lilly has pushed back the deadline for submitting an application for U.S. approval of its experimental Alzheimer’s disease drug, revealing that it will now complete the filing…
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USA – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have opened separate investigations into Biogen Inc and its Alzheimer’s medication, Aduhelm (aducanumab). According to the…
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USA – The FDA has placed a clinical hold on Denali Therapeutics’ Alzheimer’s drug before it even enters human trials. The decision has an impact on Takeda, which only recently…
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UNITED KINGDOM – GSK and Oxford have launched a five-year collaboration aimed at accelerating R&D breakthroughs in a variety of difficult-to-treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s through the use…
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BELGIUM – Novartis is putting US$150 million into a Parkinson’s disease drug candidate that is competing with drugs in development at companies such as Roche and AstraZeneca. Novartis will pay…
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USA – Clinical trial for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) nasal vaccine has been launched to see whether a potential treatment could be safe for humans after the therapy showed positive results…
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