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Acadia Pharma’s psychosis drug proven better than placebo in dementia patients

(Reuters) – Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Wednesday dementia patients taking its drug Nuplazid were nearly three times less prone to a psychotic relapse than those on placebo. The drugmaker’s late-stage trial testing Nuplazid, stopped in September after positive results, enrolled 392 patients aged 74.5 years on average. Patients on the drug experienced a 65%… Read More »

Clovis investors lose faith as Rubraca struggles against Big Pharma’s marketing giants

It’s no secret that Clovis Oncology is up against some serious marketing muscle in the PARP inhibitor arena. And investors are doubting the company’s ability to hang in there. Shareholders headed for the exits Thursday after Clovis reported that Rubraca sales tallied just $ 33 million in the second quarter, coming in $ 2 million… Read More »