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Originally posted by thymus
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Pfizer has announced that it is pulling out of early-stage research into Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease after investing heavily in the area in recent years.BMJ , Pfizer has invested heavily in Alzheimer’s research, but a succession of candidate drugs have failed in trials — including bapineuzumab, a joint venture with Johnson and Johnson, and more recently a drug known as PF-05212377.BMJ also reports that Axovant, a small company developing a drug called inteperdine with the same target as PF-05212377, announced this week that it too failed to meet its primary endpoint and further development was being abandoned.
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Yes makes you wonder why they only said early stage development . Considering the the stage acw is at already. Hopefully there is something to read between the lines.
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