Korea's AriBio Progresses Phase III Program For Oral Alzheimer's Contender

South Korean firm AriBio is planning to expand global Phase III trials for its oral Alzheimer’s disease candidate following an IND approval at home. Patient enrolment in a US trial began late last year.

AriBio Co., Ltd. is set to become the first South Korean pharma firm to begin a global Phase III clinical development program for a novel drug for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), following an IND approval from the domestic Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for the Polaris-AD study.

The multinational Phase III trial with the small molecule PDE5 inhibitor AR1001 is set to progress in the US, Europe and China, as well as South Korea, with a goal...

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