New Hopes for Disease-Modifying Pharmacological Dementia Treatment (BBC News / AAIC / ARUK)

Summary

Trials of the drug Solanezumab were abandoned in apparent failure in 2012. More detailed examination of the data has since revealed evidence that this medication may have a role in slowing the pace of progression in Alzheimer’s Disease slightly, at least in the earliest stages of the disease.

Alzheimer’s Disease remains incurable, currently, but it has been estimated by Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) that being able to delay the onset of dementia by five years could reduce the number of cases by one-third and relieve the economic costs of dementia by over £21 billion (36%) by 2050.

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Gallagher, J. (2015). Early signs that drug ‘may delay Alzheimer’s decline’. London: BBC Health News, July 22^nd 2015.

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Gallagher, J. (2015). The drug to slow Alzheimer’s? London: BBC Health News, July 22^nd 2015.

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Gallagher, J. (2015). Breakthroughs galore: a transformative year in medicine. London: BBC Health News, December 28^th 2015.