lly/quotes/nls/lly (LLY 35.57, -0.13, -0.36%) said Tuesday it plans tohalt the development of semagacestat, a potential treatment forAlzheimer's disease.
However, according to Dr. Richard Wurtman, the MIT professor who developed Redux and the recent Eli Lilly lly (nyse: lly - news - people) anti-premenstrual syndrome drug Sarafem, the problem was not with American Home's drugs alone.
Other drugs are being studied for their promise in preventing breast cancer, including a Vitamin A-derivative called fenretinide and the antiosteoporosis drug raloxifene, sold by Eli Lilly lly (nyse: lly - news - people) under the brand name Evista.