PhII fail­ure in rare neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive dis­ease? No mat­ter, Bio­gen will mo­tor on in Alzheimer's

Bio­gen’s fierce fo­cus on dis­or­ders of the brain has hit an­oth­er road­block.

On Fri­day, the US drug­mak­er — which re­cent­ly res­ur­rect­ed its amy­loid-tar­get­ing Alzheimer’s drug, ad­u­canum­ab — said its an­ti-tau drug, go­suranemab, failed a mid-stage study in pa­tients with pro­gres­sive supranu­clear pal­sy (PSP), a rare brain dis­or­der that re­sults from de­te­ri­o­ra­tion of brain cells that con­trol move­ment and thought.

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