Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug candidate takes a beating from FDA advisers

If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to approve the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in 17 years, it will have to do so against the overwhelming recommendation of the experts it turned to for advice on the matter. An independent advisory panel convened by the agency today to review data on the antibody drug candidate, called aducanumab, concluded that even the strongest available clinical trial data don’t support its effectiveness.

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