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why did it take over 20 years to approve the new Alzheimer's drug?

  • Written by Ralph N. Martins, Professor and Chair in Ageing and Alzheimer’s Disease, Edith Cowan University
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A new drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease was last week given accelerated approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration.

The drug is called aducanumab, commercially known as Aduhelm, and was developed by US biotechnology company Biogen.

This development is a game changer, because aducanumab is the first ever drug that...

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