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Success of experimental Alzheimer's drug hailed as 'historic moment'
- beefman 4y agopress release: https://investors.biogen.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lecanemab-confirmatory-phase-3-clarity-ad-study-met-primary https://investors.biogen.com/news-releases/news-release-deta... In The Pipeline post: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/positive-amyloid-trial-finally https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/positive-amyloid-t...
- peteradio 4y agoSuccessful, but ungrounded by an actual mechanism?
- isitmadeofglass 4y agoMaybe? If so I guess that still beats the drug that was “grounded by a mechanism” but failed to show efficacy and still somehow wound up getting approved by the FDA.
- beefman 4y agoBoth this drug (lecanemab) and the drug to which you're referring (aducanumab) are amyloid antibodies https://www.alzforum.org/therapeutics/lecanemab https://www.alzforum.org/therapeutics/lecanemab https://www.alzforum.org/therapeutics/aduhelm https://www.alzforum.org/therapeutics/aduhelm