A Busy Week for Multiple Sclerosis News
It was good news for Novartis and bad news for Merck KGaA this week as regulators handed down their decisions on each company’s multiple sclerosis (MS) drug candidate.
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Acadia and Biovail Not Giving Up on Parkinson’s Drug
Acadia and its partner Biovail made news last month with a failed late-stage trial of pimavanserin, their experimental drug candidate to treat psychosis related to Parkinson’s disease.
Cellular Reprogramming May Offer Stem-Cell Compromise
President Obama’s recent reversal of Bush’s policy on embryonic stem cell research reignited the debate over the ethical limits of science. However, as the Wall Street Journal reports, an innovative new technique could potentially reproduce the benefits of embryonic stem cells without the attendant controversy.