Alzheimers

FDA Approves Second Alzheimer’s Drug That Can Slow Disease

(WASHINGTON) — U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment. The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s Kisunla on Tuesday for mild or early cases of dementia caused by Alzheimer’s. It’s only the second …

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Advisory Panel of Experts Endorses F.D.A. Approval of New Alzheimer’s Drug

A committee of independent advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Monday that the benefits outweigh the risks of the newest experimental drug for Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s afflicts more than six million Americans. It has no cure, and there is no treatment or lifestyle modification that can restore memory loss or reverse …

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My Father’s Brain Helped Develop Treatment For Alzheimer’s

My father is at the Selkoe Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. And he is at work. That may seem improbable given that, in March 2022, my father died of Alzheimer’s disease. But, since he died, my father has helped pioneer the validation of effective treatments that weren’t available for him; research conducted on his …

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Ro and the NIA partner to create an Alzheimer’s disease registry for clinical trials

Direct-to-patient healthcare company Ro announced an agreement with the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to develop the Registry for Equal Access to Clinical Trials in Alzheimer’s Disease (REACT-AD). Ro will employ its telehealth platform to screen and recruit patients at elevated risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or other related dementia to join REACT-AD for …

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