News Alector ditches GSK-partnered dementia drug and cuts staff Alector has abandoned latozinemab as a treatment for frontotemporal dementia, four years after GSK licensed the antibody in a $700m upfront deal.
News UK sets aside £2m for digitally-enhanced dementia tests The UK is providing £2m in funding to allow digital assessment to be added to a highly-anticipated trial of blood tests for diagnosing dementia.
News Astellas places $2bn+ bet on AviadoBio dementia gene therapy Astellas has added another gene therapy to its pipeline, taking an option on a clinical-stage candidate for a rare genetic form of dementia from UK biotech AviadoBio for around $50 million.
News Chiesi signs $1.9bn deal to buy KalVista and its HAE drug Chiesi has boosted its rare disease business with an agreement to buy KalVista and Ekterly, its oral drug for treating attacks in rare disease HAE.
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