Don't let a lack of funding further delay the drug that breaks the dementia deadlock, charity warns

20 March 2018
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It was nearly 16 years ago that the last new treatment for Alzheimer’s was approved by European regulators, with the US Food and Drug Administration also approving Namenda (memantine) the following year.

Since then, countless billions of dollars have been ploughed into meeting the enormous continuing unmet need in dementia, but no projects have yet succeeded, with some companies opting to leave this challenging therapy area entirely.

"Research happening today will bring about the treatments of tomorrow"

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