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  • noun A drug designed to treat Alzheimer's disease but never marketed.

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Examples

  • That go-ahead suggested the drug so far has sidestepped the kinds of safety issues that doomed the earlier Lilly medicine called semagacestat in 2010.

    Reuters: Press Release 2012

  • Eli Lilly and Co last year halted two studies of its gamma-secretase drug, called semagacestat, after it worsened patients' symptoms of dementia in late-stage clinical trials.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • The experimental medicine, called semagacestat, didn't slow the disease's progression in two studies.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • The company said the drug, called semagacestat, did not slow progression of the disease and was associated with a worsening of cognition and the ability to perform the tasks of daily living.

    AARP.org : 2010

  • The experimental medicine, called semagacestat, didn't slow the disease's progression in two studies.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • The drug candidate, LY450139, which is also known as semagacestat, is being studied in clinical trials by Eli Lilly and Company.

    Science Blog - Science news straight from the source 2009

  • The drug candidate, LY450139, which is also known as semagacestat, is being studied in clinical trials by Eli Lilly and Company.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • The drug candidate, LY450139, which is also known as semagacestat, is being studied in clinical trials by Eli Lilly and Company.

    Medindia Health News 2009

  • The drug candidate, LY450139, which is also known as semagacestat, is being studied in clinical trials by Eli Lilly and Company.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • It halted study of a promising Alzheimer's drug, called semagacestat, because the compound worsened patients 'conditions in two clinical trials.

    U.S. Delays Approval of Diabetes Treatment Jonathan D. Rockoff 2010

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