The class of molecules behind one of biotech's biggest Alzheimer's failures gets a new lease on life
Denovo Biopharma has spent the last decade trying to resurrect drugs that failed at other companies, but it had never waded into a class of molecules that failed quite as spectacularly as 5HT6 serotonin, an oft-failed shot on goal in Alzheimer’s. But, in the wake of Biogen’s derided success with aducanumab, all options appear back on the table.
On Thursday, the San Diego-Chinese biotech announced it’s licensed the once-abandoned Alzheimer’s drug idalopirdine from Lundbeck for an undisclosed fee.
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