Prilenia Plans To Continue With Pridopidine In ALS Despite Platform Study Miss
Executive Summary
Pridopidine is the latest ALS drug candidate to miss the primary endpoint in the HEALEY-ALS platform study, but the S1R agonist did indicate potential benefits in speech and a key biomarker of the disease.
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