Two Phase 3 trials of the candidate Alzheimer’s drug lanabecestat have been stopped for futility, Eli Lilly and Company and AstraZeneca Plc announced on 12 June. Lanabecestat is an inhibitor of the beta secretase cleaving enzyme (BACE), which plays a role in the production of the amyloid beta protein. The accumulation of this protein in the brain is believed to be a major cause of Alzheimer’s disease.
