Around 55 million people, globally, have dementia – the most common type being Alzheimer’s disease. Unfortunately, there is no cure for the memory-robbing disease. But a lot of hope was pinned on an experimental drug called gantenerumab.
A press release, recently issued by the drug’s maker, Roche, did not bring good news. The injectable drug had no meaningful effect on either the symptoms of Alzheimer’s or on the brain markers of the disease – a protein called amyloid.
