First drug to halt Alzheimer’s tested by scientists

first-hero150x150SAN FRANCISCO: A pill taken twice a day has stalled deterioration of the brain in Alzheimer’s patients for the first time.

Scientists announced that the mental decline of participants in a final-stage trial had been halted for 18 months, raising hopes that an effective treatment for the drug, called LMTX, is close at hand.

Full story covered in the Dementia Business Weekly.