Irlab Parkinson's Pact With Ipsen Up In The Air

Setback For Mesdopetam In Mid-Stage Study

The Swedish firm’s Parkinson's disease drug has failed to hit its primary endpoint in a Phase IIb study but Irlab believes that positive results on secondary goals merit further development of mesdopetam.

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The future prospects for IRLAB Therapeutics AB's mesdopetam, and the firm's partnership with Ipsen SA, are looking shakier after the investigational Parkinson's disease drug missed its primary goal in a mid-stage study.

The Swedish firm has unveiled top-line results from a Phase IIb trial of mesdopetam in levodopa-induced dyskinesia, involuntary movements that can occur after prolonged treatment with levodopa, the foundation treatment for Parkinson's

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