BioPharm Insight™ Reports the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) is Focusing on Early Intervention

Norwood, MA (PRWEB) July 30, 2012

BioPharm Insight™, published by Infinata, covered the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) held in Vancouver earlier this month and found a significant focus on early intervention. In exclusive interviews, experts at the conference noted that disease modifying drugs must be administered even before symptoms appear in order for a demonstrable effect to be seen.

The future success of disease modifying candidates bapineuzumab and solanezumab was a topic of debate as some investigators interviewed by BioPharm Insight did not consider these drugs to be top contenders in the initiative to assess the hypoth¬esis of pre-symptomatic therapeutic intervention.

On the heels of the AAIC, Pfizer announced that bapineuzumab Phase III top-line results indicated the drug was not clinically effective in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s patients who are carriers of the ApoE4 gene. Top-line results from the bapineuzumab non-ApoE4 carrier trial as well as the solanezumab trial are eagerly awaited over the next few weeks.

Other highlights from the AAIC report include:

•     Baxter’s Phase III GAP trial
•     Bristol-Myers Squibb plans Phase III avagacestat trial
•     Avanir’s AVP-923 in AD associated agitation
•     Sales forecasts for Namenda, Aricept, Exelon, Bapineuzumab and Solanezumab

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About Infinata, Inc.

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