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Eisai and Biogen’s experimental therapy lecanemab (BAN2401) safely leads to rapid and sustained reductions in the brain levels of beta-amyloid — the protein that forms toxic clumps in Alzheimer’s — in people in early disease stages, according to one-year, preliminary data from a Phase 2 trial’s…

Despite minor improvements in recent years, the availability of care for people with dementia in Europe is largely inadequate, according to a new report. The report, “Dementia Monitor 2020,” was published by Alzheimer Europe, an organization that campaigns to ensure that Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are treated…

Following a positive review of preliminary data, an independent board recommended the Phase 2b/3 study investigating oral Anavex 2-73 (blarcamesine) in people with early Alzheimer’s disease continue without modification.  As specified in trial protocol, the Independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB)…

Six months of treatment with GemVax & KAEL’s investigational GV1001 provided benefits in the cognition and daily life activities of adults with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease, who take Aricept (donepezil) for dementia, according to data from a Phase 2 clinical trial. The results were published…

Zahra Kababian had a special bond with her father, and even though he died suddenly 10 years ago, it’s the memories they shared that keeps him alive in her heart. It was those memories and his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected Acadia Pharmaceuticals’ request that Nuplazid (pimavanserin) be the first approved treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with dementia-related psychosis. The decision comes less than nine months since the agency agreed to review the company’s supplemental new drug application, and a month…

Montana residents who wish to help their children or young relatives better understand Alzheimer’s disease can now access a free storybook and reading guide. The reading guide, offered by the Montana State University (MSU) Extension program, includes questions to spark discussions about the storybooks and children’s activities. It…

People with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease  treated for three weeks with sargramostim, a medication that activates the immune system, showed improvements in cognition in a small clinical trial. These results support further investigation of sargramostim — and, more generally, the strategy of targeted immune activation — in treating Alzheimer’s, its…

Donanemab showed an ability to slow cognitive decline and the loss of daily life abilities in people at earlier stages of Alzheimer’s disease relative to those given a placebo in the Phase 2 TRAILBLAZER-ALZ trial, researchers report. A plaque-targeting therapy, donanemab also cleared substantial amounts of amyloid plaques in the brains…

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…