Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Promising Alzheimer's Drug Doesn't Help Dementia Patients

A once-promising Alzheimer's drug did not help patients remember better or think more clearly, and the company said Wednesday it had dropped plans to market it for people with mild dementia.

The drug, called solanezumab, was designed to clear the brain-clogging amyloid plaques that are one main physical symptom of Alzheimer's. But patients with early dementia due to Alzheimer's didn't seem to get much benefit from the drug, the company that makes it said. 

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