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Impact OC: Alzheimer’s Research
Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation 2023 National Citizen Scientist Champion Award recipient Jeannie Weiss and Syrentis Clinical Research Vice President/Director of Clinical Operations Dr. Lorrie Bisesi join to discuss Alzheimer’s #octalkradio
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Promising Pathways to Simplified Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Unveiled in Groundbreaking Study
The results of the Bio-Hermes study appear in Alzheimer’s & Dementia showing how new Alzheimer’s detecting blood tests perform across a broad range of races and ethnicities for the first time. Washington D.C., Feb. 28, 2024- The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation®, (GAP) is releasing the first results from the Bio-Hermes-001 Study. This study in over […]
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital Hopes to Recruit At-Risk Residents for Global Alzheimer’s Study
GAP-Net Site Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Alzheimer Research & Treatment (CART), was featured in their local news station about the importance of volunteer participation in clinical research. A local hospital is now part of a global effort to test a drug that may delay the devastating impact of Alzheimer’s disease. The progressive neurological […]
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Clinicians and Researchers Urge CMS to Reform Decision to Limit Coverage of Alzheimer’s Treatments
Experts voice concerns over pre-judging promising treatments in the pipeline Today, five top Alzheimer’s clinicians and researchers called into question the preliminary proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to limit coverage FDA-approved monoclonal antibodies that target amyloid for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The CMS proposal would alter the course of […]
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El Faro Health and Therapeutics Now Enrolling Participants from Rio Grande Valley Community in Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® Bio-Hermes Alzheimer’s Study
Despite highest incidence of dementia, this is the first-ever Alzheimer’s clinical study in Starr County Rio Grande City, TX (February 2, 2022) –El Faro Health & Therapeutics will begin screening volunteers for its first-ever clinical trial in Rio Grande City, TX. The Bio-Hermes Study, sponsored by the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP), seeks volunteers with or […]
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Medicare Coverage-In-Clinical-Trials Policy For Alzheimer’s Drugs Could Stifle Access For Years
GAP President John Dwyer spoke to Pink Sheet about the CMS NCD proposal. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s proposal to allow Medicare to pay for amyloid-directed monoclonal antibody drugs for Alzheimer’s only when they are used in randomized controlled clinical trials could significantly curtail access to the drugs for at least four years, […]
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The Encouraging Progress of Diagnostics and Data Sharing in Dementia
Microsoft and Gates Ventures founder, Bill Gates, mentions GAP’s Bio-Hermes study to the World Dementia Council. We’ve all heard the statistics: Today, nearly 55 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias. According to the WHO, dementia is the fastest growing burden on healthcare systems and the seventh leading cause of death worldwide. Its […]
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