EMA recommends marketing authorization for donanemab (Kisunla)
This announcement reverses an earlier recommendation made by the EMA regarding donanemab as a treatment for the treatment of early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease in adults.
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The 78th World Health Assembly agrees to extend the Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to Dementia
The 78th World Health Assembly has been a whirlwind week for ADI as, after 18-months of advocacy, the World Health Assembly has agreed to extend the Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to Dementia by 6-years, to 2031.
Six associations embark on Membership Development Programme at Alzheimer University
The annual Alzheimer University (AU) assists emerging Alzheimer and dementia associations.
A record-breaking World Alzheimer’s Month campaign
World Alzheimers Month 2021 has just ended and marks the most successful awareness raising campaign to date in its decade long history.
A second Alzheimer’s medication seeks FDA approval
Eisai’s lecanemab will represent the second anti-Amyloid Beta therapy to be evaluated by the FDA as a disease modifying treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease.
Over 41 million cases of dementia go undiagnosed across the globe – World Alzheimer Report reveals
This is the press release for the World Alzheimer Report 2021 'Journey through the diagnosis of dementia'
WHO launches global status report on public health response to dementia
This report reviews progress towards the implementation of the 7 action areas of the plan by Member States, WHO and civil society, and all those involved in tackling the dementia pandemic.
The first-hand experiences of dementia diagnosis
People living with dementia and carers from all over the world have shared their experience of the journey to diagnosis for this year's World Alzheimer's Month campaign.
Hitting their STRiDE in September
World Alzheimer’s Month is just around the corner and the STRiDE (Strengthening responses to dementia in developing countries) project teams have been busy planning activities to raise awareness and keep dementia on the policy agenda. The STRiDE project is led by the London School of Economics and Political Science, in…
Virtually support World Alzheimer’s Month
Learn how you can support World Alzheimer's Month virtually this September.