Eli Lilly Trial Finds Alzheimer’s Drug Can Slow Progress of Disease
The drug manufacturer Eli Lilly announced on Wednesday that a clinical trial of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug showed it can slow progress of the feared disease and allow patients to have more time when they can still live independently, performing tasks like cooking meals, going to the store and driving a car.
Lilly announced its results, from a trial involving 1,736 patients, in a news release, as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A peer-reviewed paper will follow.
The drug, donanemab, is not a cure, but along with two other drugs recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration, it may be a turning point in the long and frustrating quest to find an Alzheimer’s treatment.
“These all point in the same direction,” said Dr. Ronald Petersen, the director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the Mayo Clinic. He added that the donanemab results were “modest” but “meaningful.”
Source: The New York Times
