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> why did drug companies still spend billions on it? Because they made even more off it.

• throwawaymaths 4y ago
  No, they lost money on it. Clinical trials aren't cheap.
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• PeterisP 4y ago
  How? They aren't getting revenue until they can sell a drug that has passed clinical trials, and no clinical trials have been successful for Alzheimer's.
  • t90z 4y ago
• jcranmer 4y ago
  Only one drug has been even provisionally approved--Aduhelm--and that approval is so mired in controversy that everyone is refusing to pay for it, so I doubt its company has made even a million dollars in revenue off of it. No, Alzheimer's has been a multibillion dollar sinkhole for drug development cash with absolutely nothing to show for it.