GSK-Partnered Alector Hit By Renewed Dementia Skepticism
Doubts About Biomarker
Executive Summary
Investors were spooked by mixed results from Alector’s lead candidate but the company’s CEO hit out at ‘hype’ around the biomarker neurofilament light chain.
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