Cassava Sciences says US DOJ has closed investigation into company


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Feb 19 (Reuters) - ⁠Cassava Sciences ⁠said on Thursday the ‌U.S. Department of Justice had ended its probe ​into the company ⁠regarding allegations ⁠of research misconduct for ⁠its ‌experimental Alzheimer's drug simufilam. The ⁠company said the probe ​ended ‌four months after the ⁠Justice ​Department dismissed a criminal indictment in ⁠Maryland accusing Hoau-Yan ​Wang, a medical professor and former Cassava adviser ⁠who allegedly submitted false data regarding the drug.

(Reporting by ​Jonathan Stempel ⁠in New York, Sahil ​Pandey and ‌Sriparna Roy ​in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)

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