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Pharma pumps up anti-tau Alzheimer pipeline despite first Phase III failure

AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, Janssen and Merck & Co. have all advanced anti-tau candidates into Phase I trials in the hunt for drugs that can modify the course of Alzheimer disease.

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Mullard, A. Pharma pumps up anti-tau Alzheimer pipeline despite first Phase III failure. Nat Rev Drug Discov 15, 591–592 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd.2016.176

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