Keyword: Alzheimer’s disease

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Allergan Buys US Chase Pharmaceuticals

24.11.2016 - Irish drugmaker Allergan has beefed up its pipeline for neurodegenerative disorders with the acquisition of US-based Chase Pharmaceuticals. Under the terms of the deal, Allergan...

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The Possibilities Of Peptides

08.09.2016 - Peptides in pharmaceutical development have traveled a rough road. It took a long time for these small proteins to emerge as a basis for new medical products. This has become...

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Biogen Alzheimer’s Drug Accepted for EMA PRIME

03.06.2016 - Biogen’s investigational treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease (AD), aducanumab, has been accepted into the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) PRIority MEdicines (PRIME) program...

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Biogen to Cut Staff, Focus on Oral MS Drug

27.10.2015 - Biogen has announced a corporate restructuring scheme that will lead it to terminate a number of drug pipeline programs while cutting the workforce by 11% up to the end of this...

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Drugmakers Launch UK Dementia Fund

22.10.2015 - Six international drugmakers, led by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and including Johnson & Johnson, Biogen, Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Takeda, have joined forces with the UK Department of...

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Roche Alzheimer's Drug Fails Main Goals in Mid-stage Study

17.07.2014 - Swiss drugmaker Roche said its experimental Alzheimer's drug failed to meet its main goals in a mid-stage study, a result likely to bolster the belief that drugs need to be given...

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Novartis and Banner in Alzheimer’s Genetic Predisposal Study

16.07.2014 - Novartis is collaborating with Phoenix, Arizona-based US non-profit Banner Alzheimer's Institute (BAI) on a clinical study to determine whether two of the Swiss pharmaceutical...