Myriad Genetics, Inc.

Biopharmaceutical company gives results of phase 2 trial of Alzheimer treatment

Published in Elder Law Weekly, June 1st, 2005

Myriad Genetics, Inc., (MYGN) announced that preliminary results of its phase 2 clinical trial of Flurizan did not achieve statistical significance in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer disease; however, a positive trend was observed on all three primary endpoints in patients with mild Alzheimer disease, on the 800 mg twice-daily dose.

Additionally, mild Alzheimer disease patients who achieved high plasma concentrations of Flurizan demonstrated a statistically significant effect in two of the three primary endpoints. The initial findings also indicate that Flurizan was well tolerated in this 12-month, 207 patient clinical study.

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