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little-known drug company announced modestly encouraging results for its experimental Alzheimer’s drug on Monday, a rare but still preliminary glimmer of hope in a field that has been battered by failure after failure.
A mid-stage study by a tiny company wouldn’t usually attract much attention, but the results unveiled by Neurotrope BioScience have been eagerly anticipated because its drug — derived from a bushy, hermaphroditic sea creature — takes a novel approach.
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Whether bryostatin-1 is successful in treating Alzheimers, the jury is still out. Maybe it will maybe it will not. Right now it is my informed belief that Anavex 2-73 is the front runner, a potential disease modifier, safe and more effective than the current standard of care.