Use of salbutamol significantly improved blood flow — a measure of cerebral perfusion, or the steady flow of nutrients and oxygen via the blood to brain tissue — in healthy people in a Phase 1 trial, according to data from CuraSen Therapeutics, the investigative therapy’s developer. Poor cerebral perfusion…
Cytox has launched a noninvasive genetic test, called genoSCORE-LAB, that can help to predict a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and the cognitive decline it brings. Early detection of possible risk for this progressive, degenerative disease could encourage lifestyle changes that might slow Alzheimer’s onset and the rate…
The National Institute of Aging (NIA) and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) have awarded $4.6 million to a team of researchers studying the potential of the cancer therapy Revlimid (lenalidomide) in treating people with early stage Alzheimer’s disease. Two clinical trials, each supported by one of these…
Novo Nordisk is planning to initiate by midyear a pivotal Phase 3a trial of oral semaglutide, a diabetes treatment, in people with early Alzheimer’s disease. “As a company we aspire to address high unmet medical needs within serious chronic diseases, and we are therefore pleased to initiate phase 3…
Athira Pharma has begun dosing patients in its Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating ATH-1017, an investigational small molecule for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Clinical efficacy will be demonstrated by improvements in cognition and functional assessments among participants, compared with a placebo. “The initiation of…
Dosing of patients has begun in a Phase 2/3 clinical trial evaluating ATH-1017, Athira Pharma‘s investigational candidate for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. “Embarking on this trial to evaluate our new approach to treating Alzheimer’s is the start of a collective experience that will involve…
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