Cassava Files Defamation Suit against Short Sellers Linked to Data Manipulation Allegations - Updated

Three months after a peer-reviewed journal cleared Cassava Sciences of data manipulation charges, the Texas-based company is fighting back.

Cassava has filed a lawsuit in federal court against individuals who were linked to a Citizen’s Petition filed with the FDA that raised concerns about data manipulation in the company’s clinical investigation of experimental Alzheimer’s treatment, simufilam.