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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Kirby

World ‘on cusp of first generation of treatments for Alzheimer’s’ as new drug ‘slows symptoms’

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The world is “on the cusp of a first generation of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease”, experts have said, as a new drug was found to slow cognitive and functional decline.

The drug donanemab, made by Eli Lilly and Company, slowed decline by 35% to 36% in a late-stage phase 3 clinical trial, the company said.

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