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Posted 12 March 2025 AM
Less than two years ago it was touted as a potential multi-billion-dollar product but Johnson & Johnson has announced it will stop developing its drug aticaprant as an add-on therapy for patients with major depressive order.
The company said it had decided to discontinue the Phase 3 Ventura development program "due to insufficient efficacy in the target patient population". It underlined the data confirmed aticaprant is safe and well-tolerated, and no new safety signals were identified.
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