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Alzamend Neuro is seeking regulatory approval to launch the first U.S. trial of ALZN002, its investigational vaccine for mild to moderate dementia related to Alzheimer’s disease. If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the company’s investigational new drug application (IND), Alzamend will start a Phase 1/2a…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has greenlit Annovis Bio to conduct a Phase 2/3 trial to test its investigational treatment buntanetap in people with moderate Alzheimer’s disease. The study, expected to start later this year, follows the positive findings from a Phase 2a trial…

The fifth annual “Dance Party to End ALZ” is on tap for Sunday, Nov. 13, in Nashville, Tennessee, to support the Alzheimer’s Association’s research grant program. The star-studded night of music, dancing, and fundraising, which takes place at the Wildhorse Saloon starting at 6 p.m. CST, will be hosted…

Treatment with lecanemab (BAN2401), an experimental amyloid-targeting antibody, significantly slowed the progression of dementia symptoms among people with early Alzheimer’s disease in the Phase 3 Clarity AD clinical trial, Biogen and Eisai announced. Both companies, the therapy’s developers, plan to discuss these results with regulatory authorities in the U.S.,…

When Dave Elliott was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment in 2018, many services weren’t available to him and his wife, Susan. Mild cognitive impairment is an early stage of losing memory or other cognitive abilities, such as language or visual/spatial perception. The COVID-19 pandemic made it even more difficult for…

Three years of a daily multivitamin-mineral supplement improved memory, and cognitive and executive function in older adults, according to data from the COSMOS-Mind study. Three years of administering cocoa extract every day had no effect on cognitive function, however. “This is the first positive, large-scale, long-term study to show that…

Alpha Cognition’s candidate oral tablet ALPHA-1062, for mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease, showed efficacy as a bioequivalent substitute for the approved therapy Razadyne (galantamine), according to top-line data from a trial with healthy volunteers. Per this new data, as a delayed-release tablet, ALPHA-1062 showed…

Every September, during World Alzheimer’s Month, supporters around the world call attention to Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia in an effort to challenge stereotypes about the conditions. World Alzheimer’s Day is Sept. 21. More than 50 million people globally are thought to be living with dementia,…

The optimal dose of under-the-skin (subcutaneous) lecanemab, Eisai’s experimental therapy for early Alzheimer’s disease, has been determined in a modeling study. The dose is currently being evaluated in the Phase 3 Clarity AD open-label extension study (NCT03887455). “Eisai’s broad clinical program for lecanemab continues to deliver data…

Trametinib, an oral medication approved to treat certain cancers, improved cognition and neuronal health in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. Data suggest the treatment helped to clear toxic protein aggregates from nerve cells. The study, “MEK1/2 inhibition rescues neurodegeneration by TFEB-mediated activation…