Who Will Get First AD Drug To Market In Over A Decade?
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Alzheimer's disease (AD) drug developer Axovant Sciences, which earlier this year raised a record-breaking sum of cash, has launched a large Phase III study for its 5-HT6 receptor antagonist, RVT-101– a move it hopes will set the company up to seek the first approval for any new AD product in over a decade.
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