Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI)
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The UK medicines regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved the marketing authorisation for lecanemab in the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease. However, the treatment will not be available through the National Health Service (NHS), the UK’s publicly funded health agency.
The research, commissioned by The Lancet revised their 2020 findings to include failing eyesight and high LDL cholesterol as risk factors for dementia.
The month of March has marked significant progress in the development and implementation of National Dementia Plans (NDPs), with the #WhatsYourPlan campaign leading to the launch of plans in Uruguay and Armenia, bringing the total number of WHO Member States with NDPs to 41.
Lecanemab is the second Alzheimer’s disease pharmaceutical treatment to come to market since 2003, following the conditional approval of Aduhlem (aducanumab) in June 2022.
Alzheimer and dementia associations in the Caribbean are calling for National Dementia Plans to be created and implemented through the #WhatsYourPlan campaign.
Following the launch of the #WhatsYourPlan campaign in November 2021, ADI examines the campaign’s successes in its first year.
A joint letter was submitted in anticipation of the 3rd session of the World Health Organization's Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on 5-7 December.
Eisai presented the results of their confirmatory Phase 3 clinical trial (CLARITY AD) at the 15th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference in San Francisco, which many are hailing as positive news for the field.
In a press release, Roche confirmed that the Phase 3 GRADUATE studies for gantenerumab did not meet their primary goal of slowing clinical decline in people with early Alzheimer’s disease.
The communiqué calls on the G20 to lead the way in being truly values-driven for global impact and to operate in an environment where there is an agreement on shared values, clarity on unique values across nations, understanding of the values of difference and more.