Eli Lilly & Co. presented highly anticipated details from a mid-stage study showing that its experimental drug modestly slowed Alzheimer’s disease progression over about 18 months.
The study of 257 patients with early Alzheimer’s showed that Lilly’s donanemab slowed decline by 32% on a composite measure of cognition and function when compared with a placebo. It also completely removed an Alzheimer’s-associated protein from the brains of the majority of patients who received it.
The results are being watched closely by Wall Street analysts and researchers for a hint of whether donanemab—or any other drugs that eliminate…
