Tag: Alzheimer's Disease
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Biogen to slash 1,000 jobs as it looks to save $700 million
[ad_1] Biogen Inc. BIIB, -3.58% said Tuesday that it will eliminate about 1,000 jobs as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative designed to save $700 million annually. The belt-tightening comes as the biotech company launches its Alzheimer’s treatment, Leqembi, a collaboration with Eisai Co. Ltd. ESALF, -2.36% that received full U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
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‘This has absolutely changed me.’ Alzheimer’s takes a toll on patients and their loved ones.
[ad_1] More than six million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and that number will more than double to 12.7 million by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. What’s often overlooked in this tally is the caregivers and family members who take care of these patients and loved ones, and the toll it takes on them. In…
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The highest rates of Alzheimer’s are in these U.S. counties, new research shows
[ad_1] The eastern and southeastern United States have the highest prevalences of Alzheimer’s dementia, according to new research released Monday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Amsterdam. The study, by researchers at Rush Medical College in Chicago, includes county-level estimates of Alzheimer’s rates among adults age 65 and older in all 3,142 U.S. counties. …
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New Alzheimer’s drug trial seen as ‘potentially very important’
[ad_1] Positive results from an Alzheimer’s trial by Eli Lilly are seen as a very important step in the battle to fight the fatal disease, but questions remain about whether it will be covered by Medicare. Eli Lilly’s LLY positive Phase 3 trial showed that the drug donanemab “significantly slowed cognitive and functional decline” in…
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Two breakthroughs on dementia — one that’s useful right now
[ad_1] Six million among us have full-blown Alzheimer’s disease, including 10% of those over 65 and half of everyone over 80. And many more have other types of dementia, or cognitive impairment typically associated with age. Actor Bruce Willis, a mere 68 years young, is the latest heartbreaking example in the public eye. So when…