Patricia Inacio, PhD, science writer —

Longeveron’s Lomecel-B, an investigational bone marrow-derived medicinal signaling cell (MSC), showed an ability to slow cognitive decline and the loss of daily life abilities in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease relative to those given a placebo in a Phase 1 clinical trial, the company announced. Treatment with Lomecel-B was deemed safe,…

NeurMedix has announced it will soon open a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of its lead investigational therapy, NE3107, for people with Alzheimer’s disease, following authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The trial (NCT04669028), to be conducted at about 30 clinical U.S. sites, will be looking to…

Cognito Therapeutic’s neurostimulation device — a next-generation digital therapeutic designed to treat memory and cognition symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease — has been granted a breakthrough device designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The device, part of a new class of disease-modifying digital therapies, uses proprietary,…

Fujirebio Diagnostics has submitted a premarket notification — also known as a 510(k) — to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Alzheimer’s diagnostic test, called Lumipulse G β-Amyloid Ratio (1-42/1-40). If cleared by the FDA, it will be among the first commercially available lab tests to…

Biogen and Eisai are seeking approval of aducanumab (BIIB037) for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in Japan, the companies have announced. If approved, aducanumab will become the first therapy with the potential to slow the clinical decline seen in patients with Alzheimer’s. “The filing of the application is…

AlzeCure Pharma is preparing to launch a Phase 1 clinical trial in Sweden to evaluate the tolerability and safety of ACD856, one of its therapy candidates for Alzheimer’s disease, the company announced. The trial follows the release of the first positive clinical results, in which ACD856 showed…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough therapy designation to Axsome Therapeutics‘ AXS-05, an investigational oral therapy for the treatment of agitation in people with Alzheimer’s disease. This designation is intended to accelerate the development and review of potential…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tauvid (flortaucipir F18) as an imaging radiotracer agent — a radioactive diagnostic tool — to efficiently detect clumps of tau protein in the brain, one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. “Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating condition that affects millions…

Anavex Life Sciences announced plans to continue to screen and enroll patients into its active trials for Alzheimer’s disease and Rett syndrome, in accordance to institutional rules and government guidance related to the COVID-19 pandemic. A Phase 2 study of people with dementia linked to Parkinson’s disease is…

Moderate lifetime alcohol intake in middle-aged and older people who don’t show signs of dementia is associated with lower deposits of amyloid-beta, the protein that forms toxic aggregates in the brain and is thought to be involved in the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, a study from Korea found.