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Where Will CNS Drug Development Go In 2018?

 
• By Lucie Ellis-Taitt

The world's expanding, aging population means diseases of the central nervous system, like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, are potential blockbuster areas for innovative pharma and biotech companies that are able to navigate clinical studies and get to market. Scrip looks at five emerging trends that are likely to affect the CNS drug development landscape in 2018.

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Unlocking new opportunities: CNS field is poised for a breakthrough

Pharma and biotech drug developers have been targeting disorders affecting the central nervous system for decades but many conditions still have no effective treatments that target the root cause of disease, and the field continues to offer considerable opportunity.

According to US FDA data, only 12 therapeutics were approved for CNS indications between 2012 and 2016, compared with 19 during the prior five-year period. Putting that figure into context:...

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