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Biogen Alzheimer's approval could open the door for other similar drugs

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  • cafead   Jun 09, 2021 at 11:42: AM
via The story of Biogen's new Alzheimer's drug can be linked back to a nearly forgotten experimental compound developed by two companies that no longer exist.

In 2006, drugmakers Elan and Wyeth began a Phase 1 study of an antibody drug called bapineuzumab that worked similarly to Biogen's. Both bind to and remove a protein called amyloid beta that piles up into toxic plaques in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.

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