Alzheimer's disease

Lilly suing J&J for patent rights in Alzheimer's drug race

April 25, 2013
Bloomberg News
Eli Lilly and Co. is seeking to revoke a patent held by a Johnson & Johnson unit, arguing at a London court it might delay availability of a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
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New $100M plan to map human brain could boost Lilly

April 2, 2013
Bloomberg News
President Obama on Tuesday announced a campaign designed to develop treatments for some of the least understood brain disorders, an effort that could benefit health care giants Eli Lilly and Co. and others.
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Lilly's Alzheimer’s effort may gain from brain-mapping plan

February 18, 2013
Bloomberg News
Roche AG and Eli Lilly and Co., two drugmakers racing to develop treatments for some of the least understood brain disorders, may gain the most from a U.S. government boost in funding to fully map the human brain.
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Lilly drug chosen for Alzheimer's prevention study

January 18, 2013
Associated Press
Researchers have chosen an experimental drug by Eli Lilly and Co. for a large federally funded study testing whether it's possible to prevent Alzheimer's disease in older people at high risk of developing it.
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Lilly's Amyvid receives European approval

January 16, 2013
Associated Press
European regulators approved the use of an imaging agent from Eli Lilly and Co., which can help doctors diagnose Alzheimer's disease.
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Lilly finds solace in new Alzheimer's study

December 17, 2012
J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co. suffered a delay in its effort to bring an Alzheimer’s drug to market this month, but it also published new research that the pharmaceutical company thinks confirms it is on the right track.
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Alzheimer’s prevention seen promising as drug cures fail

October 19, 2012
Bloomberg News
Researchers are set to test drugs by Eli Lilly and other companies that may prevent Alzheimer’s disease after efforts to find a cure have been unsuccessful.
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Lilly, Roche drugs chosen for Alzheimer’s prevention trial

October 10, 2012
Bloomberg News
Eli Lilly & Co.’s solanezumab and Roche Holding AG’s gantenerumab were selected for a long-term Alzheimer’s trial run by Washington University at St. Louis scientists seeking to block the disease’s symptoms.
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Lilly shares rise on Alzheimer's study results

October 8, 2012
J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co.’s Alzheimer’s drug slowed cognitive decline 34 percent in patients with mild forms of the disease, according to an analysis of Lilly’s clinical trial data released Monday. Lilly’s share price jumped more than 5 percent on the news.
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New Alzheimer's unit stresses soothing elementsRestricted Content

October 6, 2012
Scott Olson
The 36-room wing at Hoosier Village Retirement Center includes antiques and minimizes confusing shadows among other design elements.
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Lilly's Alzheimer's finding triggers investor hope, doctor caution

August 27, 2012
Bloomberg News
While investors supported the sliver of promise offered when Eli Lilly and Co. said its Alzheimer’s drug may slow progression early in the disease, doctors weren’t as impressed, saying it could take years to find out for sure.
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Alzheimer's drug results leave Lilly 'excited' but uncertain

August 24, 2012
J.K. Wall
The surprise positive effect shown by an experimental Alzheimer’s drug “excited” executives at Eli Lilly and Co., but it raised as many questions as it answered.
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Lilly's Alzheimer's drug trials show mixed results

August 24, 2012
Bloomberg News, J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co.’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug failed to meet its primary goals in two separate clinical trials. However, when the results of both trials were combined, the drug appeared to have slowed the decline of cognition in some patients.
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Alzheimer's quest puts Lilly to test

August 11, 2012
J.K. Wall
Odds are long that Eli Lilly and Co.'s leading Alzheimer's drug will show positive results when its Phase 3 trial results are released within a few weeks, but even the smallest improvement in the cognitive impairment of test patients would be a home run for Lilly.
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Lilly stock slips after competitors halt Alzheimer's plans

August 7, 2012
 IBJ Staff and Bloomberg News
Pfizer Inc., Johnson & Johnson and Elan Corp. are ending most plans to develop an Alzheimer’s drug after a second trial failure. Eli Lilly is developing a similar treatment.
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Potential Alzheimer’s drug fails first of four key trials

July 24, 2012
Bloomberg News
Bapineuzumab is in a race with a similar product from Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. to become the first therapy to target a cause for Alzheimer’s, rather than just its symptoms.
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Competing Alzheimer's treatments facing long odds

July 11, 2012
Bloomberg News
Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer Inc. and Elan Corp are racing Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. to market the first broadly available drug designed to target a cause of Alzheimer's, rather than just its symptoms. Analysts say the potential drugs are long shots.
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Cancer tools help Roche with Alzheimer's drug

May 13, 2012
Bloomberg News
Treatments for central nervous system diseases have a huge potential payoff, analysts say. A hint of whether the gamble may pay off is due in the second half of this year, as Eli Lilly and Co. and Pfizer Inc. announce results for Alzheimer’s drugs that attack the same protein as Roche’s experimental drug.
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Lilly: Forget Alzheimer's; think diabetes

May 7, 2012
J.K. Wall
For more than a year, Eli Lilly and Co. has been viewed by investors as a laggard stock with one, slim shot at producing a huge jackpot: its experimental Alzheimer’s drug. But now company leaders are trying to direct investor attention toward the drugmaker’s diabetes portfolio.
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Lilly wins FDA approval for Alzheimer's imaging agent

April 9, 2012
J.K. Wall
The agent, called Amyvid, is not expected to produce high-dollar sales for Lilly, but it could help to identify patients with Alzheimer’s—and those without it—earlier, perhaps improving treatment and focusing research efforts.
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Lilly shares rise on possibility for Alzheimer’s drug

December 7, 2011
Bloomberg News
Eli Lilly and Co. stock rose to a one-month high Tuesday after an analyst said the possible success of the company’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug could double the share price.
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IU med school gets $9M for Alzheimer's center

November 1, 2011
J.K. Wall
The grant is the fifth consecutive five-year grant the Alzheimer Disease Center has received from NIH to support research to understand the causes and potential treatments for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
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Lilly fights view that fate hinges on Alzheimer's drugRestricted Content

October 29, 2011
Greg Andrews
Analysts have eyes on trial data for drug that could be a game-changer for the company.
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IU Alzheimer's study to be funded by $8.4M federal grant

October 10, 2011
J.K. Wall
Remaining grant money will be invested to beef up the infrastructure of the Indiana Network for Patient Care, a health information exchange operated by the Indianapolis-based Regenstrief Institute.
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Lilly: Alzheimer's patients on failed drug didn’t improve

July 19, 2011
Bloomberg News
Eli Lilly and Co. said patients with Alzheimer’s disease whose conditions worsened upon taking the experimental drug semagacestat didn’t improve after dosing was halted.
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