Alzheimer's Biomarkers Gain Prominence In Drug Development Guidance
Executive Summary
US FDA revises draft guidance issued in 2013 to allow research targeting cognition as single endpoint and studies solely evaluating biomarkers; document offers 'potential for multiple advances,' Alzheimer's Association says.
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