Scrip Asks…What Does 2023 Hold For Biopharma? Part 8: Therapeutic Area Advances

CNS Rises In Prominence Following Alzheimer’s Progress

Neuroscience and oncology fuel high hopes for therapeutic R&D progress among 90-plus surveyed biopharma industry leaders.

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The positive Phase III results and subsequent US approval of lecanemab for Alzheimer’s disease was reflected by a spike in enthusiasm for the central nervous system (CNS) space among the 90 or so respondents to Scrip’s question “which therapeutic area will see the greatest advances in 2023?”

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