J&J Pulls Out Of Migraine Race

18 June 1997

Johnson & Johnson has decided to stop development of its own serotonin5-HT1B/1D agonist for migraine, Pasmigren (aldinitan), with the recognition that it will be too late to market to capture any significant share.

The company cancelled a presentation on the drug, due to take place at the 8th International Headache Society meeting in Amsterdam. The results of a recently-completed Phase III trial were not sufficiently positive to justify bringing the product into an increasingly crowded marketplace, said a J&J spokesman.

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