Alk­er­mes shares take an­oth­er hit as the FDA shakes its head — again — on a weak case for '5461

The FDA re­al­ly, re­al­ly doesn’t like Alk­er­mes’ NDA for its high­ly tout­ed de­pres­sion drug ALKS-5461.

Gunned down by agency ex­perts in a lop­sided ad­comm vote, ham­mered by reg­u­la­tors for fash­ion­ing its own ques­tion­able end­points — against their ad­vice — and gen­er­al­ly trashed for run­ning one of the worst late-stage pro­grams on record, Alk­er­mes $ALKS to­day put out word af­ter the mar­ket closed on Fri­day that the drug was re­ject­ed by the FDA.

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