Press Releases
GAP Honors the Legacy of Sandra Day O’Connor
The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) thanks trailblazer Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female to serve as a U.S Supreme Court Justice. While she paved the way for women leaders, she also raised awareness of the challenges of caregiving when she admirably retired from the Supreme Court in 2006 to care for her husband who […]
GAP Mourns First Lady Rosalynn Carter
The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) thanks the First Lady for the grace and dignity she showed before and after President Carter’s term, and even more so these past six months after bravely announcing her dementia diagnosis. We join many around the world mourning her loss while acknowledging her quiet, positive impact over her 96 years. […]
GAP Applauds New Women’s Health Research
We applaud First Lady Jill Biden and the White House Gender Policy Council on the first ever initiative on Women’s Health Research, with a focus on ‘engaging the scientific, private sector, and philanthropic communities’. GAP is committed to ensuring that clinical research includes all people, and that includes ensuring that women are equally represented. We […]
GAP Congratulates New Director of National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Today, the US Senate confirmed President Biden’s nominee for National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director, Monica Bertagnolli, MD, who will lead the country’s top medical research institute. “We are thrilled that the US Senate has confirmed Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as the new Director of the NIH, as she is an esteemed leader with an impressive career […]
IXICO to Present Data from GAP-Sponsored First-of-its-Kind Blood-based and Digital Biomarker Platform Study at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) Conference
Washington D.C., Oct 23, 2023- Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation, (GAP) is pleased to share that new data from the ground-breaking blood-based and digital biomarker platform study, Bio-Hermes, will be shared by study partner Dr. Robin Wolz, of IXICO, at the 16th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference. The data will be presented at Symposium […]
How the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation Contributed to AAIC
Revolutionary Studies, Record Breaking Collaboration, and Promising News on Biomarker Studies Top the Charts at AAIC Washington D.C., Aug 31, 2023— Researchers and leaders from the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) assembled with the world’s leading Alzheimer’s researchers, patient advocates, and clinicians at the annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC). From the memorable week, […]
Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation: Full FDA Approval of Leqembi Equals Hope
The FDA’s approval comes following the recommendation of an FDA advisory committee, which voted unanimously for Leqembi’s full approval earlier this month WASHINGTON, DC, July 6, 2023 — Following a decision from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granting full traditional approval to Leqembi, a disease-modifying Alzheimer’s treatment from Eisai, Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) […]
Landmark Study Investigating Novel Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Advances to Data Analysis Stage
Bio-Hermes won’t just change Alzheimer’s research and diagnostics. It has the potential to save and change lives. WASHINGTON, DC (June 14, 2023) — Up to 50 percent of people in the U.S. with Alzheimer’s receive an imprecise or inaccurate diagnosis of their cognitive condition. The tools typically used to detect the disease, like a PET […]
GAP President to FDA: Full Approval of Leqembi
Statement attributed to John M. Dwyer, President of the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation: (WASHINGTON, DC, JUNE 12) – “Last week, I was proud to participate in the open public hearing session at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Meeting of the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee Meeting in support of full approval of […]
A Letter to First Lady Rosalynn Carter
June 8, 2023 Mrs. Rosalynn Carter c/o The Carter Center 453 John Lewis Freedom Parkway NE Atlanta, GA 30307-1406 Dear Mrs. Carter: I read with heartfelt interest the news announcing your dementia diagnosis. Thank you for sharing this news so bravely and publicly. Receiving a dementia or Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and how that news impacts a […]