Lilly retains hope in amyloid-beta hypothesis with new agreement

9 December 2016

Not burnt by its disappointment with Alzheimer’s candidate solanezumab, US pharma major Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) has announced a worldwide agreement with Anglo-Swedish company AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) on another drug focused on the amyloid beta pathway.

The two companies are to co-develop MEDI1814, an antibody selective for amyloid-beta 42, which is currently in Phase I trials as a potential disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

"MEDI1814 has a unique mechanism among antibodies in clinical development"

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