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When the F.D.A. approved Aduhelm a month ago, its original label had said that the drug is “for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.” The surprisingly broad label caused a storm of concern among many Alzheimer’s experts, even those who had…

“It puts us in a bad place,” agreed Dr. Karina Bishop, a geriatrician at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Ethically, she added, “if this drug was available right now, I would not feel able to prescribe it.”Even as individual…

GREENSBORO, NC - The skinny young man quietly walked into the room while waiting for the free supplies to help keep him from dying: sterile water and a stove to dissolve illegal drugs; clean syringes; Alcohol swabs to prevent infection;…

Aduhelm from BiogenSource: BiogenThe FDA approval of Biogen's Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm marked a milestone in Dr. Paul Aisen. The director of the Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute at USC has focused on the treatment of…

In addition to the United States, Biogen has asked regulators in Australia, Brazil, Canada, the European Union, Japan and Switzerland to review the drug.The U.S. approval is a crucial victory for a company that has been counting on Aduhelm…

Die Food and Drug Administration hat am Montag das erste neue Medikament gegen die Alzheimer-Krankheit seit fast zwei Jahrzehnten genehmigt, eine umstrittene Entscheidung, die trotz des Widerstands des unabhängigen Beratungsausschusses der…

The Food and Drug Administration approved Biogen's Alzheimer's drug aducanumab on Monday, making it the first U.S. regulator-approved drug to slow cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer's and the first new drug for the disease in nearly…

Die Food and Drug Administration hat am Montag das erste neue Medikament gegen die Alzheimer-Krankheit seit fast zwei Jahrzehnten genehmigt, eine umstrittene Entscheidung, die trotz des Widerstands des unabhängigen Beratungsausschusses der…

Die Food and Drug Administration steht kurz davor, eine ihrer umstrittensten Entscheidungen seit Jahren bekannt zu geben: das Schicksal eines Alzheimer-Medikaments, das die erste zugelassene Behandlung nach fast zwei Jahrzehnten…

Alex Raths | Getty ImagesScientists may have found promising new treatment for Covid-19 after an experimental oral antiviral drug demonstrated the ability to prevent the coronavirus from replicating, the National Institutes of Health said…