Monthly Archive: May 2023

After years of failed trials, two and possibly three anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies have shown efficacy at removing beta-amyloid from the brain of subjects with mild Alzheimer’s disease. Two of them, lecanemab and donanemab, have...

There are now two anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies that appear to be effective in slowing the progression of cognitive impairment in people with mild Alzheimer’s disease. The benefit may be small, 27% for lecanemab and...

Yesterday Eli Lilly issued a press release summarizing positive results of the TRAILBLAZER-ALZ 2 Phase 3 study showing that donanemab significantly slows cognitive and functional decline in people with early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease. Donanemab is unique...