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Risk for Dementia Similar With SGLT2 Inhibitors, Dulaglutide in T2DM
MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2024 – For older adults with type 2 diabetes, the risk for dementia seems similar with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor...
Could Having MS Help Shield Against Alzheimer's Disease?
TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 – People with multiple sclerosis appear to have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests. MS patients are far less likely to have elevated blood l...
An Alzheimer's Drug May Also Slow Lewy Body Dementia
MONDAY, Aug. 24, 2024 – A type of drug used to treat Alzheimer’s disease appears to slow the progression of Lewy body dementia, the brain disease that afflicted comedian Robin Williams prior to his s...
FDA Approves Adlarity (donepezil transdermal system) for Treatment of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
BOSTON, March 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Corium, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company leading the development and commercialization of novel central nervous system (CNS) therapies,...
FDA Approves Neuraceq (florbetaben F18 injection) for PET Imaging of Beta-Amyloid Plaques
Berlin/Boston, March 20, 2014‒ Piramal Imaging today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Neuraceq. This approval comes only four weeks after receiving marketing a...
Novartis Exelon Patch Now FDA Approved to Treat Patients Across all Stages of Alzheimer's Disease
EAST HANOVER, N.J., June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approved indication for Exelon Patch (rivastigmine transdermal system) to include the...
Higher Dose of Novartis Drug Exelon Patch Approved By FDA for Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
EAST HANOVER, N.J., Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a higher dose of Exelon Patch (rivastigmine transdermal system) for the treatment of people with...
FDA Approves Amyvid (Florbetapir F 18 Injection) for Use in Patients Being Evaluated for Alzheimer's Disease and Other Causes of Cognitive Decline
INDIANAPOLIS, April 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Eli Lilly and Company and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Lilly, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Antipsychotics, Conventional and Atypical
[Posted 06/16/2008] FDA notified healthcare professionals that both conventional and atypical antipsychotics are associated with an increased risk of mortality in elderly patients treated for...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a public health advisory to alert health care providers, patients, and patient caregivers to new safety information concerning an unapproved, “off-label” us...