Dr. Weisman participates in FDA Advisory Committee
The committee convened to discuss tofersen, an experimental injection for treatment of ALS.
The committee convened to discuss tofersen, an experimental injection for treatment of ALS.
Leqembi significantly reduces progression of memory loss in those with Alzheimer’s disease by about 30%.
Blood tests for Alzheimer’s biomarkers will be a powerful tool in determining who will benefit from a drug.
We hope to serve our community with infusions to help this unmet medical need while continuing to work on the next generation of Alzheimer treatments.
Medicare should require safety monitoring and medical expertise in the use of aducanumab.
While we might not have clear progress, we do have an advance.
While various opinions are circulating, and the benefits of this drug are unclear, ANA will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as information becomes available.
It was once so common to be forgetful in old age that it was thought to be normal. But normal aging only includes things like tip-of-tongue memory loss and forgetting faces.
In the narrow window in which patients are aware of their disease, they have sought help in clinical trials. But enrolling enough participants to make these trials count is not easy.
In patients with early Alzheimer’s disease, donanemab resulted in a better composite score for cognition and for the ability to perform activities of daily living than placebo at 76 weeks, although results for secondary outcomes were mixed.