Phase III Will Be Real Test For vTv's Resurrected Alzheimer's Drug

Phase IIb data for vTv Therapeutics' lead product azeliragon have demonstrated an effect on cognitive deterioration in mild Alzheimer’s disease patients – but is this evidence enough to get the small biotech back on track after it lost Pfizer Inc. as a partner for the drug in 2012?

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vTv Therapeutics Inc. got a boost with positive Phase IIb data for its Alzheimer's therapy azeliragon, but some aspects of the trial design and data collection have some analysts holding off for Phase III.

The Phase IIb data were presented July 27 during this year's Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC), held in Toronto, Canada,...

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