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  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Banks need to wake up to powers of attorney demands

    Research by Which? reveals huge disparity between the best and the worst

  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    Blood protein test offers ‘reliable’ Alzheimer’s warning 15 years early

    Large study further boosts fast-evolving efforts to predict and prevent neurogenerative diseases

    A neurologist holds an MRI scan of a human head
  • Monday, 29 January, 2024
    Alzheimer’s was passed between humans in now-banned procedure, study finds

    Cases connected to growth hormone extracted from cadavers show disease’s parallels with CJD brain disorder

    Someone holding up a brain scan
  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    Medical science
    Blood test boosts hopes of early Alzheimer’s diagnosis

    Swedish trial finds ‘high accuracy’ in identifying protein associated with toxic build-up in the brain

    A finger points at a brain scan
  • Friday, 19 January, 2024
    News in-depthInheritance
    England’s courts see rise in the number of inheritance disputes

    Boom in asset prices and increased prevalence of dementia drive costly family squabbles over wills

  • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Glimmers of hope in tackling dementia

    Further research on its underlying causes and preventive action is essential

    A scientist looks at brain scans on a computer screen
  • Monday, 30 October, 2023
    The Big Read
    What is behind the unexpected decline in dementia?

    Emerging research is challenging a widely held belief that new cases of the condition will rise exponentially as people live longer

  • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
    Drugs research
    New studies find benefits in very early drug treatment of Alzheimer’s

    Pioneering medicines developed by Eisai and Eli Lilly shown to be more effective when taken earlier

    Screen showing brain patterns of an Alzheimer’s patient
  • Sunday, 8 October, 2023
    UK biotech group raises £48mn for Alzheimer’s research

    AstronauTx’s financing is step towards helping millions of people suffering from disease

  • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
    LexDrugs research
    Alzheimer’s drugs: new medicines bring new hope to dementia battle Premium content

    Promising trial results will not end scientific debate over the disease, but they further validate pharmaceutical research

    Brain scan from a patient suffering from Alzheimer’s disease
  • Monday, 17 July, 2023
    Eli Lilly drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s progression

    Dementia experts hail ‘watershed moment’ after trial results for donanemab antibody treatment

    Alzheimer’s patient brain scans, provided by Eli Lilly
  • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
    US regulators approve first drug to slow progression of Alzheimer’s

    Move by Food and Drug Administration paves way for millions of Americans to access medicine

    Vials and packaging for the medication Leqembi
  • Monday, 3 July, 2023
    The Big Read
    How a Swedish start-up reignited the search for an Alzheimer’s drug

    A decade ago a large part of Big Pharma gave up on one of humanity’s cruellest diseases. But then a new treatment showed promise

  • Friday, 9 June, 2023
    Camilla Cavendish
    An ageing society can’t turn its back on social care any longer

    Governments have promised to tackle the crisis for 25 years, but it’s never an election winner

    Illustration of a frail elderly man with glasses sitting at a table in front of a paisley wallpapered wall
  • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
    Japan pushes for strong pledges on tackling dementia from G7 allies

    Alzheimer’s advocates call for ambitious declaration to match the scope of commitments made 10 years ago

    Alzheimer’s brain scan
  • Monday, 8 May, 2023
    Two Alzheimer’s drugs offer hope to patients after decades of waiting

    In clinical trials, the medications slowed the progress of the degenerative disease that affects 50mn worldwide

    Computer scan of a brain
  • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
    Eli Lilly & Co
    Eli Lilly to seek US approval after Alzheimer’s drug trial success

    Clinical study results could boost patient access to new class of treatment

    Eli Lilly logo is shown on one of the company’s offices
  • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    Alternative realities: caring for people with dementia

    With an ageing global population, cases of the disease continue to drastically rise. Two timely and insightful books offer help on how to support the millions of new patients

    A woman hugs her mother who is seated in front of a mural
  • Monday, 20 February, 2023
    OutlookPatti Waldmeir
    How banks may catch signs of dementia before the doctors do

    Money problems experienced by elderly customers can be red flags for families and institutions alike

    Customers use an automated teller machine at a Citibank branch in Chicago, Illinois
  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    Anjana Ahuja
    New Alzheimer’s drug straddles uneasy gulf between help and harm

    For all its landmark status, lecanemab may end up representing a triumph of hope over evidence

    Illustration of a man falling into darkness (to represent Alzheimer’s) and the rope coming down from the light is a spiky vine to suggest the ‘help’ can still cause harm
  • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
    Biogen Inc
    Congress faults US regulator’s approval of Biogen Alzheimer’s drug

    Committees cite inappropriate collaboration between FDA and drugmaker

    A box of the Aduhelm drug
  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Swedish scientist behind Alzheimer’s drug has big ambitions

    Lars Lannfelt had a key role in developing a drug that has shown some promise in tackling Alzheimer’s

    Lars Lannfelt, inventor of the ground-breaking drug lecanemab
  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    The editorial board
    A glimmer of hope in treating Alzheimer’s disease

    Dementia drug development, diagnostics and delivery still require much more investment

    A series of brightly coloured scans of brain activity
  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
    Eisai says Alzheimer’s drug did not cause deaths of trial patients

    Japanese company refuses to rule out possibility treatment contributed to brain bleeds

  • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
    Eisai Co Ltd
    Japan’s Eisai aims to silence critics over breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug

    Shares fall 11% following two patient deaths in trials of lecanemab

    Haruo Naito, the 74-year-old chief executive of Japan’s Eisai
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