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- AstraZeneca and Washington University In St. Louis...
- Baxter : Study Results of GAMMAGARD S/D and GAMMAG...
- Medivation : Dimebon Improves Significantly Think...
- Lexicon : Clinical Data for LX6171, a Drug Candida...
- Intellect Neurosciences : ... Grant Requirements f...
- Allon at BIO Europe Partnering Meeting
- PerkinElmer : New Innovations to Strengthen Drug D...
- Exelgen : Two New Major Drug Discovery Collaborat...
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- EPIX Pharmaceuticals : Phase 2a Alzheimer's Data a...
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Medivation : Dimebon Improves Significantly Thinking and Memory in Alzheimer's Disease Patients Over One Year
April 17, 2008 - Medivation, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDVN) announced that Alzheimer's patients treated with the investigational drug Dimebon(TM) showed improvement in the key aspects of cognitive function over a one-year period compared with placebo. The improvement occurred in not only memory and language, but also in more complex functions such as awareness of time and place, and praxis -- the process of getting an idea and initiating and completing a new motor task. These clinical results were generated during a pivotal trial of Dimebon in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD)... Medivation's Press Release -