Another Nail In Amyloid Hypothesis Coffin? Merck Ends Pivotal BACE Inhibitor Study
Executive Summary
In another blow for the amyloid hypothesis in Alzheimer's disease, Merck ended its pivotal EPOCH study for the BACE inhibitor verubecestat based on an interim assessment that there was "virtually no chance of finding a positive clinical effect" in the nearly completed Phase II/III clinical trial.