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Cautious Optimism As Genentech/AC Immune’s Anti-Tau Antibody Slows Cognitive Decline

Next Steps May Depend On Longer-Term Open-Label Data

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Semorinemab met only the cognition co-primary endpoint in the Phase II LAURIET trial in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s patients and missed all secondary endpoints, but some firsts were achieved in the top-line readout.

Tau protein in Alzheimer's disease
AC Immune's CEO said semorinemab efficacy in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease may relate to the tau species the antibody targets • Source: Alamy

AC Immune SA CEO Andrea Pfeifer noted in an interview with Scrip that more data are needed before the Swiss company and its partner Genentech, Inc. can determine next steps for semorinemab in Alzheimer’s disease. However, Pfeifer also pointed out that the anti-tau antibody achieved some firsts in the Phase II LAURIET clinical trial that may be worth examining in another study.

The partners announced on 31 August that semorinemab achieved statistical significance on the co-primary endpoint, showing a 43

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