Margarida Maia, PhD, science writer —

Cognitive benefits were reported in nearly half of the Alzheimer’s disease patients given simufilam for one year in a clinical trial, while those with early-stage, mild disease appeared to respond best to the experimental medication. That’s according to top-line data from the open-label Phase 2 study (NCT04388254) in 216…

INmune Bio received the green light for MINDFul, its Phase 2 trial of XPro1595 — an experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s disease — to begin in Canada. Health Canada, Canada’s regulatory health authority, issued a “no objection letter” where it gives the company official permission to test XPro1595 in…

Acumen Pharmaceuticals’ investigational antibody ACU193 has been granted fast track status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which may help speed up its development for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease. With this designation, the company is eligible for certain benefits to get a potential new treatment…

COR588, Quince Therapeutics’ investigational oral small molecule for mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease, appears to be safe and well tolerated, according to results from a Phase 1 trial, the company announced. (The company was known as Cortexyme until Aug. 1.) The recently completed single and multiple ascending dose clinical…

The Einstein Aging Study has received a $32 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to delve into the many risk factors that may determine cognitive decline and disease progression in people with Alzheimer’s. The study, ongoing at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine since…

A dual vaccine targeting both amyloid plaques and tangled fibers made up of tau — two abnormal protein aggregates that build up in the brain of those with Alzheimer’s — may have potential to treat and prevent the disease. Prothena, its developer, has found preclinical evidence that the…

Aduhelm (aducanumab) continues to clear away amyloid plaques and tangled fibers made up of tau — two abnormal protein aggregates that build in the brain of those with Alzheimer’s disease — after nearly two and a half years of treatment, Biogen, which markets the treatment, reports. It also…

AEV103 (3,6’-dithiopomalidomide), a potentially immunomodulating medicine, was able to quell brain inflammation and slow cognitive decline in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, a study has found. The medicine, developed originally at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and now licensed to AevisBio, exerted its effects even…

Seelos Therapeutics is gearing up for a pilot study, in Australia, testing SLS-005 (trehalose) — its investigational therapy for people with Alzheimer’s disease — after receiving an acknowledgment letter from the country’s regulatory body for clinical trials. The letter, from the Australian Government Department of Health Therapeutic Goods…

A first patient has joined the Tau NexGen study that will test two antibodies in combination — targeting both amyloid and tau proteins — as a potential treatment for early-onset Alzheimer’s disease caused by genetic mutations, according to a press release. Tau NexGen is a newly added arm…