10 Things You Want To Know About Alzheimer's Drug Research

May 15 marks the start of Dementia Awareness Week, backed by the Alzheimer's Society. Scrip has compiled a list of 10 facts industry bods interested in the space – and the wider public – might want to know about ongoing drug development for Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of dementia.

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Dementia is caused when the brain is damaged and Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia – although not all dementia is due to this condition. Other causes of dementia include vascular dementia, fronto-temporal dementia, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and Korsakoff's syndrome.

The pharmaceutical industry has retained an interest in Alzheimer's R&D for more than 50 years and these top 10 facts...

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