
Denali's Alzheimer's drug faces setback at the FDA after agency slaps clinical hold on human trial start
Denali Therapeutics was once a Cinderella story in neurology with high expectations on a platform it thinks could offer much greater brain penetration. Since then, that reputation has dimmed somewhat — and a new clinical hold won’t make any new fans.
The FDA has placed a clinical hold on Denali’s IND for DNL919, an Alzheimer’s candidate targeting the protein coding gene TREM2, the biotech announced in a terse statement Thursday.
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