Major drug breakthrough in battle with Alzheimer's
Daily Express|November 30, 2022
DEMENTIA scientists have hailed the dawning of a new era of Alzheimer's treatments after the results from a landmark study were confirmed.
Hanna Geissler
Major drug breakthrough in battle with Alzheimer's

Full data from trials of the drug lecanemab are published in the New England Journal Of Medicine today.

Researchers have been waiting to scrutinise the game-changing findings since the top-line results were announced in September.

The data showed the drug slowed cognitive decline by 27 per cent in patients who received the treatment once a fortnight for 18 months.

The drug is the first proven in a clinical trial to both clear toxic amyloid protein from the brain and delay progression of symptoms.

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