One Difference Between Amylyx’s ALS Drug And Aduhelm: A Biomarker Endpoint
Executive Summary
US FDA’s Billy Dunn says that if the drug had shown a positive effect on plasma neurofilament heavy chain, it ‘would have provided important contextual and supportive information of an ostensibly beneficial effect on the clinical measure.’
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