Government health officials on Monday approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding warnings from independent advisers that the much-debated treatment hasn’t been shown to help slow the brain-destroying disease.
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FDA Approves Much-Debated Alzheimer’s Drug Panned By Experts
Posted on 08 June 2021.
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Hopes Rise Again For A Drug To Slow Alzheimer’s Disease
Posted on 03 August 2018.
An experimental therapy slowed mental decline by 30 percent in patients who got the highest dose in a mid-stage study.
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Drug shows promise for Alzheimer’s sufferers
Posted on 21 March 2015.
Biogen Idec released much anticipated results from a study of a potential Alzheimer’s disease treatment on Friday, showing that it slowed cognitive decline in some patients. In December, the biotechnology company said the developing drug aducanumab reduced a type of plaque in the brain believed to play a key role in the disease and slowed […]
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