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Amyloid precursor protein (APP) As we mentioned in our August 19, 2012 article on Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the results of Phase 3 trials of Lilly’s amyloid-targeting monoclonal antibody (MAb) drug...
View ArticleAlzheimer’s disease–where do we go from here?
New Alzheimer’s disease model, the CVN mouse Our August 19, 2012 and our August 28, 2012 articles on this blog focused on the latest developments in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) drug development. To...
View ArticleIdentification of a novel Alzheimer’s disease pathway provides potential new...
Neurofibrillary tangle. In August and September of 2012, we published three articles on Alzheimer’s disease on the Biopharmconsortium Blog: New genetics study supports the amyloid hypothesis of...
View ArticleFDA publishes Draft Guidance on developing drugs for early stages of...
Normal and Alzheimer’s brains compared. Once again, approaches to improving clinical trials for candidate disease-modifying drugs for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are in the news. On February 7, 2013,...
View ArticleFDA proposes accelerated approval of early-stage Alzheimer’s drugs based on...
Pittsburgh compound B staining in AD. Source: National Institute on Aging/NIH. In our February 28, 2013 article on the Biopharmconsortium Blog, we discussed the FDA’s February 7, 2013 Draft Guidance...
View ArticleDoes inflammation in the brain cause aging?
Hypothalamic nuclei on one side of the hypothalamus, in 3-D. Source: Was a bee. http://bit.ly/13o91HU The Biopharmconsortium Blog has been following novel developments in anti-aging medicine and...
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Pyramidal neurons. Source: Retama. http://bit.ly/18j9iOP A prominent feature of pharmaceutical company strategy in recent years has been massive cuts in R&D. These cutbacks have hit especially hard...
View ArticleNeuroscience companies sprout up in Boston
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