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Tha Alzheimers drug that was a bust may not be a bust after all
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:04 pm
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The drug company Biogen Inc. said Tuesday it will seek federal approval for a medicine to treat early Alzheimer’s disease, a landmark step toward finding a treatment that can alter the course of the most common form of dementia.
The announcement was a surprise because the company earlier this year stopped two studies of the drug when partial results suggested it was not likely to be successful. The company now says a new analysis of more results suggest that the drug helped reduce a decline of thinking skills at the highest dose.
The drug, called aducanumab, aims to help the body clear harmful plaques from the brain. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Biogen is developing it with a Japanese company, Eisai Co. Ltd.
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Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:08 pm to Jim Rockford
It works, but they forgot.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:16 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:19 pm to Jim Rockford
I think i'd gladly take a drug for early alzheimers even if it had bad side effects, and shortened my life.
I don't think there is a worse disease for an adult.
I don't think there is a worse disease for an adult.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:19 pm to Jim Rockford
Put me down for 100.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 3:33 pm to Jim Rockford
Well, they have a lot of $$$ invested and the FDA is owned by big pharm so why wouldn't they start selling it to desperate people.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 5:42 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:Spray it on the PoliBoard at 100x the recommended dosage level and maybe it’ll help a bit.
The company now says a new analysis of more results suggest that the drug helped reduce a decline of thinking skills at the highest dose.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 5:48 pm to Jim Rockford
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the company earlier this year stopped two studies of the drug when partial results suggested it was not likely to be successful.
I think I remember that happening.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 6:08 pm to Jim Rockford
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aducanumab
Sounds like a biologic med for psoriasis or RA that showed some promise elsewhere. Whether marginal or not.
Any pharmacists or MDs on here let me know if I’m wrong. It’s been known to happen.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 6:55 pm to Jim Rockford
They prob weren’t getting the results they wanted so they were like frick it, administer max non lethal doses and lets see what happens.
Posted on 10/22/19 at 6:59 pm to Jim Rockford
I just lost my Father from this horrible disease.
Anything that helps to delay the progression of this disease is a very good thing.
Anything that helps to delay the progression of this disease is a very good thing.
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