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Lilly and Roche team up on new Alzheimer’s diagnostic test

January 28, 2016
Research and Development Alzheimer's disease, Diagnostics, Roche, dementia, lilly

Eli Lilly has partnered with Roche Diagnostics to advance its development of a cerebrospinal fluid test for amyloid-beta 1-42, which …

News

Alzheimer’s drugs prescriptions rise six-fold in a decade

January 19, 2016
Manufacturing and Production Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease, NHSIC, dementia, prescribing

The number of prescriptions dispensed in England for approved medicines to treat Alzheimer’s increased from 502,000 in 2004 to 3 …

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Chief scientific officers appointed at dementia Drug Discovery Alliance

December 3, 2015
Medical Communications, Research and Development Alzheimer's Research, dementia, dementia drug discovery alliance

Alzheimer’s Research UK has appointed three chief scientific officers to drive its £30million Drug Discovery Alliance. The Alliance, which unites …

Appointment
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UK government spends £300 million on dementia

February 23, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cameron, England, NHS, dementia, investment, research

UK prime minister David Cameron has said the government is to invest more than £300m into dementia research and that …

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£30m drug discovery centres launched to overcome pharma ‘funding fatigue’

February 18, 2015
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer’s Research UK, Cambridge, London, Oxford, dementia, funding, pharma

Three new drug discovery institutes will be launched in the UK with a £30 million commitment to fast-track the development …

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UK government and partners pay £230m for disease research

October 23, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Arthritis Research UK, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, London, MRC, Osborne, UK, Wellcome Trust, dementia, research

A new partnership led by the Medical Research Council and the UK government will invest over £230 million in a …

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Mayor of London calls for dementia R&D centre

October 8, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Boris Johnson, London, dementia, research

The mayor of London Boris Johnson is calling on both the government and the private sector to come together and …

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Dementia diagnoses on the rise

July 30, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, david cameron, dementia

The number of patients in England diagnosed with dementia has increased by 62% over seven years according to provisional figures …

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Mixed bag for Genentech dementia drug

July 18, 2014
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alzheimer's, Genentech, crenezumab, dementia

A Phase II clinical trial for Genentech’s investigational Alzheimer’s drug failed to meet its primary endpoints – but the company …

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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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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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UK health report flags weight and dementia risks

March 28, 2014
Sales and Marketing Dame Sally Davies, Public Health England, dementia, obesity

A new Department of Health report suggests that being overweight is now the norm in England – and that deafness …

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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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