Merck's Promising Early Alzheimer's Data Can't Quell Efficacy Concerns
Executive Summary
The publication of Phase I analyses for Merck & Co.'s Alzheimer's therapy, verubecestat, may help to explain why the company decided to pursue costly Phase III studies without more data – but questions still remain around the drug's fundamental hypothesis that modulating the brain amyloid system will translate into a clinical response.
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