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Second Global Dementia Legacy Event: Ottawa, September 11th/12th 2014 (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council / CIHR / AVIESAN)

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Canada and France are co-hosting the second Global Action Against Dementia Legacy Event in Ottawa (Canada) on September 11th – 12th 2014. This event will explore how to take advantage of partnership working and collaboration between industry and academia, … Continue reading →

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Blood Test Potentially Able to Predict Alzheimer’s Disease Onset (BBC News / Alzheimer’s & Dementia)

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research published in the Alzheimer’s & Dementia: the Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association may indicate a significant step forwards in developing a blood test which could be able to predict the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease onset with 87% accuracy. Research … Continue reading →

Decline in Number of Clinical Trials for Alzheimer’s Disease (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy)

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary More than 99% of drug trials for Alzheimer’s Disease during the past decade have failed. An article in the Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy journal discusses an issue which was perhaps the key focus of the Global Dementia Legacy Event. … Continue reading →

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Annual Progress Report(s) on Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge)

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The three Dementia Challenge Champion Groups have written brief reports detailing their progress during the past year. These reports feature in a letter to the Prime Minister (see below), which also reiterates achievements since the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge … Continue reading →

Diabetes Drug Evaluation for Slowing Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease (BBC News)

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A trial is underway at Imperial College London, King’s College and sites in Oxford, Southampton and Swindon, to determine whether the drug Liraglutide used to treat diabetes might slow the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease. The study will involve 200 patients with … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Drug Discovery Programme

Second Global Dementia Legacy Event: Ottawa, September 11th/12th 2014 (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council / CIHR / AVIESAN)

Blood Test Potentially Able to Predict Alzheimer’s Disease Onset (BBC News / Alzheimer’s & Dementia)

Decline in Number of Clinical Trials for Alzheimer’s Disease (BBC News / Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy)

Diabetes Drug Evaluation for Slowing Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease (BBC News)

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