Elan's first-in-class Alzheimer's therapy enters Phase II testing

22 July 2001

Elan has announced plans to start a Phase IIa study of AN-1792(AIP-001), an experimental immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease developed in collaboration with American Home Products' subsidiary Wyeth-Ayerst, in the third quarter of this year. The drug, a synthetic version of beta amyloid peptide, is designed to stimulate an immune response against the amyloid plaques in the brain that are a hallmark of AD, in the hope that resolving these plaques may interfere with the progression of the disease.

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