Drug trials are start of a 'cure for dementia...'

'Tipping point' reached in brain illness battle

- BY MARTIN BAGOT Health and Science Editor

MORE than a hundred new drugs which could halt dementia are being developed at the “start of a journey to a cure”, scientists say.

Experts have heralded the findings from a global review of drugs going through clinical trials including repurposing drugs for dementia such as weight-loss injections.

They say we are at a “tipping point” in the battle against the devastating disease as a study reveals 138 new dementia drugs are being put through their paces.