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Novartis makes Alzheimer’s deal

July 16, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Genentech, Novartis, bai, epstein

Novartis is to collaborate with the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute (BAI) to test two of the Swiss company’s investigational anti-amyloid treatments. …

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Targacept admits failure in Alzheimer’s trial

July 15, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Aricept, Pfizer, TC-173, Targacept

Targacept is dropping a once promising Alzheimer’s drug from further clinical trials after it failed to beat Pfizer’s Aricept (donepezil) …

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Alzheimer’s test ‘87% accurate’, say reports

July 9, 2014
Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s, Alzheimer’s & dementia, Cameron, NHS, NHS Choices, dementia

NHS Choices has dampened enthusiasm over a report in medical journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia of a new test for Alzheimer’s …

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Dementia research ‘achingly slow’

June 20, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Cameron, Parkinson's, Parkinsons, UK, billings, dementia, research

The UK prime minister’s envoy on dementia has described progress on research into the neurodegenerative condition as ‘achingly slow’. Global …

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£16m dementia research platform launched

June 19, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, MRC, Parkinson's, brain, dementia, ukdp

The Medical Research Council (MRC) has launched the UK Dementias Research Platform (UKDP), a £16 million public-private partnership set up …

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‘Stop Alzheimer’s testing on animals’

May 22, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AZ, Alzheimer's, Pfizer, humane, langley

Animals should not be used for Alzheimer’s research according to a new paper, because scientists should instead be looking at …

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Facebook dementia app created

April 29, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Facebook, app, dementia

Alzheimer’s Research UK has launched a new Facebook app which allows users to see what it is like to suffer …

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Alzheimer’s disease: pharma’s greatest challenge

April 4, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AD, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s, Eisai, Lunt, Pfizer, galantamine, karran, priddy

Like it or not, we are all becoming increasingly prone to a currently incurable and debilitating disease, that places an …

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New Alzheimer’s test ‘90% accurate’

March 10, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, US, mdi, washington dc

US researchers have developed a blood test which they say is able to predict with overwhelming accuracy if someone will …

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Alzheimer’s tie-up for Eisai and Biogen

March 6, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, BAN2401, Biogen IDEC, E2609, Eisai

Eisai and Biogen Idec have joined forces to look for new Alzheimer’s treatments, developing and commercialising two of the Japanese …

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Drug giants team up for Alzheimer’s

February 5, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Accelerating Medicines Partnership, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s, GSK, Merck, National Institutes of Health, Pfizer

The top US medical research agency has brought together a ‘dream team’ of big pharma partners to help battle against …

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World’s first Alzheimer’s vaccine trial begins

January 10, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AC Immune, ACI-35, Alzheimer's, Vaccine

AC Immune, a privately-held biotech based in Switzerland, has launched the world’s first trial of a vaccine against a protein …

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UK government doubles dementia funding

December 11, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Cameron, Merck, Obama, dementia

UK prime minister David Cameron has announced that the government is to increase funding research into dementia, spending £52 million …

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Alzheimer’s drug development ‘must speed up’

November 7, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, CEO, drug development

Alzheimer’s drugs cost three times the industry average to produce, according to a new draft report – and the way …

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No closer to Alzheimer’s cure despite rise in research

October 21, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, depression, markram

A scientist charged with developing a digital model of the human brain has said that patients with neurological and neurodegenerative …

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