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Cassava shares sink on plans to stop Alzheimer's drug studies
(Reuters) -Cassava Sciences said it will stop all trials of its Alzheimer's disease drug after it failed a late-stage study, sending shares of the drug developer plummeting 83% in early trading on Monday.
Cassava Sciences and its Alzheimer’s drug are done. The damage lingers
The Cassava Sciences story ended Monday exactly as many knew it would — with the company’s experimental drug for Alzheimer’s disease, simufilam, failing a clinical trial.
Cassava Stock Plunges as Alzheimer's Drug Fails Late-Stage Study
Cassava Sciences shares are plunging in premarket trading and are losing most of their value after the biotech firm said its experimental Simufilam drug aimed at treating Alzheimer’s disease failed to show a “significant reduction in cognitive or functional decline” during the Phase 3 trial of the treatment.
Cassava Sciences Alzheimer's Drug Fails To Hit Primary Goal In Pivotal Study, Pharma Halts Late-Stage Studies
Cassava Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:SAVA) stock plunged Monday after the company released topline data from the Phase 3 ReThink-ALZ study of simufilam in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease. The trial did not meet the pre-specified co-primary,
Cassava flunks phase 3 Alzheimer's test, triggering early end of 2nd trial and stock crash
Cassava Sciences’ phase 3 Alzheimer’s disease trial has missed its co-primary endpoints. With the study also missing secondary and exploratory biomarker endpoints, the biotech has pulled the plug on another phase 3 trial and an open-label extension.
What’s left in Cassava after Phase 3 setback for Alzheimer’s drug
Cassava Sciences (SAVA) stock faces uncertainty after a major late-stage trial setback for the company's Alzheimer's candiate simufilam. Read more here.
End looms for Cassava's simufilam in Alzheimer's disease
Cassava Sciences' troubled development of Alzheimer's disease candidate simufilam looks like it may have finally reached the end. The Austin, Texas-based biotech revealed that simufilam failed its first phase 3 test in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's and a second study has now been halted, leading to an 84% drop in its share price.
Cassava’s Shares Plunge as Alzheimer’s Drug Fails Phase III
Cassava Sciences has revealed the late-stage clinical failure of controversial Alzheimer’s drug simulfilam. The company had pledged to share the results whether “good, bad or ambiguous.”
Trial of controversial Alzheimer’s drug halted after disappointing results
Cassava Sciences announced Monday that the drug, simufilam, did not significantly reduce cognitive decline in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease in the trial.
A Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug Has Gone Down in Flames
Cassava Sciences' simufilam failed a Phase III trial for Alzheimer's disease, likely marking the end of a drug surrounded by allegations of poorly done and fraudulent research.
Controversial Alzheimer's drug trial halted
The trial, which involved patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease, failed to show significant improvement in cognition and daily functioning compared to a placebo after 52 weeks, according to a Nov.
Cassava Sciences: Probably The End Of The Saga
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