In The News: Department of Brain Health

BioNews

A recent proposal that Medicare only cover Aduhelm (aducanumab) for patients with Alzheimer’s disease who are enrolled in clinical trials is needlessly restrictive, and will prevent many people from accessing a medication that may be able to help them.

NeurologyLive

Expert clinicians offer their insight on costs of Alzheimer drug development, a new agent for generalized myasthenia gravis, migraine in the emergency department, educational sleep medicine “boot camps”, AES 2021, and more.

NeurologyLive

The director of the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience at the University of Nevada–Las Vegas detailed the steps necessary to lower wasted costs from Alzheimer disease drug development and improve regulatory success.

Neurology Live

This year has been a major year in the field of Alzheimer disease (AD), with several promising therapies moving forward and the first FDA approval in almost 2 decades.

Las Vegas Review Journal

It’s called the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience at UNLV, and the adjective in the name says it all.

Neurology Live

The director of the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience at the University of Nevada–Las Vegas discussed new data that highlights wasted expenditures from Alzheimer trials and the importance of understanding their impacts.

Nature World News

Pharmacological studies have attempted and failed for past decades to generate medicines that might halt the course of the illness. Now, experts claim to have reached a tipping point in Alzheimer's development.

Singularity Hub

The cause of Alzheimer’s was supposedly simple.

Archynewsy

Alzheimer’s treatments seemed unlikely just a few months ago.

The Science Times

A week ago, Brigham and Women's Hospital announced it would spearhead the first human trial of a nasal spray vaccine as a protection against Alzheimer's disease, formulated to prevent or delay the progression of the disease.

Suara.com

Last week, Brigham and Women's Hospital announced that it would pioneer a trial using a spray drug for Alzheimer's disease.

True Viral News

Alzheimer's treatments were not considered likely just months ago.