Lilly’s Late-Stage CNS Pipeline Bare Following Edivoxetine Failure
This article was originally published in Pharmaceutical Approvals Monthly
Executive Summary
Depression candidate edivoxetine fails in three Phase III studies, marking a third recent blow to Lilly’s neuroscience pipeline efforts.
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