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September is World Alzheimer’s Month, and the global Alzheimer’s disease community is looking to raise awareness and combat stigma related to Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. “This September, we are … advocating for greater awareness and understanding around dementia in a direct campaign that encourages people to ask…

An experimental oral therapy called blarcamesine appears to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, reducing the rate of cognitive decline and preserving daily function over the long term, according to new trial data from its developer, Anavex Life Sciences. The data “indicate disease-modifying effect of oral blarcamesine and…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a more gradual titration dosing schedule for Kisunla (donanemab) for people with early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease based on evidence that it can lower the risk of ARIA-E, a potentially serious side effect characterized by brain swelling. While the total…

June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, and the Alzheimer’s Association is urging patients, caregivers, and supporters to “take action now — for yourself, your loved ones, and for the fight to end Alzheimer’s.” The U.S.-based nonprofit is taking to social media and hosting both virtual and in-person events…

A new patient advocacy organization, the ApoE4 Alzheimer’s Alliance, has launched in the U.S., with a goal of helping advance both supportive policies and the development of treatments for people with Alzheimer’s disease associated with the ApoE4 gene variant. According to the National Institutes of Health, this variant…

Leqembi (lecanemab) has won marketing authorization in the European Union for the treatment of certain adults with early Alzheimer’s disease, making it the first therapy that targets an underlying cause of the neurodegenerative condition to be approved in the region. The treatment is indicated for adults with mild…

Cassava Sciences will discontinue developing simufilam for mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease by the end of the second quarter of this year after the experimental treatment failed to meet key Phase 3 trial goals for improving cognition and daily function. In REFOCUS-ALZ (NCT05026177), patients treated with…

Age at menopause may interact with factors related to the health of synapses, or nerve cell connections, to influence the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in women, a study found. Associations between biomarkers of poor synapse health and higher levels of Alzheimer’s-related proteins in the brain, as well as steeper…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved monthly maintenance dosing for Leqembi (lecanemab), a treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease. The decision follows a supplemental application from Eisai, which is codeveloping Leqembi with Biogen, based on the modeling of data from the Phase…

Axsome Therapeutics plans this year to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve its oral therapy AXS-05 as a treatment for agitation related to Alzheimer’s disease. The company recently announced results from two Phase 3 trials testing AXS-05. One study, ACCORD-2, hit its…