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Memory Pharma says bipolar disorder drug fails trail

Mon Mar 5, 2007 6:00am EST

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March 5 (Reuters) - Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. MEMY.O said its experimental drug for treating acute mania in bipolar disorder proved ineffective in a mid-stage trial.

However, the company will go ahead with its trials of the drug for use in Alzheimer's disease, it said in a statement.

(Reporting by Anant Vijay Kala in Bangalore)

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