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Acadia pushes Alzheimer's psychosis drug to phase 3 despite missed trial goal

Advancing remlifanserin to phase 3

Acadia Pharmaceuticals said its experimental Alzheimer's psychosis treatment missed the primary goal of a phase 2 trial. The company is advancing remlifanserin to phase 3 anyway, betting a refined study design can turn a near-miss into a win.

Updated 2 hours ago

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With the high unmet medical need in this population, the efficacy that we've seen so far ... as well as the safety and tolerability profile, this molecule offers the potential for patients with Alzheimer's disease psychosis, and it is absolutely worth our investment to move this forward into the phase 3 trial.

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We are looking into how to enrich the population for further enhancement through phase 3.

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