4 Healthcare Breakthroughs Of 2022

Last year saw several developments in healthcare that have the potential to change our lives. Here are some of the most inspiring medical innovations of 2022.

- JULIAN NABIL

Alzheimer's slowdown

In November 2022, Japan's Eisai Company and the U.S.'s Biogen revealed that an experimental drug called Lecanemab showed signs of slowing down the development of early Alzheimer's, the most common cause of dementia. The drug was shown to reduce the amount of sticky protein called amyloid, which is considered a hallmark of the disease, in the brain. According to the study, the cognitive decline became less over an 18-month period for 898 people aged between 50 and 90 who took the drug, compared to 897 people who had a dummy drug. In January 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval of the new drug using the Accelerated Approval Pathway.

Delaying type 1 diabetes