Lilly’s Solanezumab Reaches End Of Road As Donanemab Stays On Development Path

Last Study Of Soluble Amyloid-Clearing Antibody Fails

Solanezumab did not reduce the risk of progression in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease in the Phase III A4 study but it provided evidence that removing amyloid plaques – the mechanism of action for Lilly’s two remaining Phase III AD therapies, donanemab and remternetug – may be the key to efficacy. 

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Solanezumab's development has ended but donanemab continues in Phase III • Source: Shutterstock

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