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WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 5, 2022 — Today, the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) applauds and vigorously supports Congressmembers Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA) for bringing forward a new bill to help ensure coverage of potentially life-saving drugs and new treatments for Medicare beneficiaries, including access to approved Alzheimer’s treatments. The bill — known as […]

WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 28, 2022 — Today, the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) applauds and welcomes the Phase 3 study results on lecanemab for treating Alzheimer’s disease, marking an enormous milestone for millions of people living with Alzheimer’s disease. The positive trial results, released by Eisai Tuesday night, show that the novel drug helped slow cognitive decline […]

GAP-Net Site El Faro Health and Therapeutics in Texas’ Starr County continues working to connect the area’s predominantly Hispanic community with access to Alzheimer’s research and health care. Washington, D.C. — Today, Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) John Dwyer applauded the work that Dr. James Falcon and the whole El Faro Health and Therapeutics team […]

In honor of World Alzheimer’s Day, the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation continues to push for diversity in Alzheimer’s clinical trials WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 20, 2022 — In recognition of World Alzheimer’s Day (Sept. 21), the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) is bringing its mobile research unit into Orlando-area communities. This continues GAP’s work toward increasing participation of […]

GAP President John Dwyer spoke with Duane Schulthess on the Vital Health podcast about everything from the work that GAP is doing with the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative and the CEOI and the CMS decision several months ago. “It’s just a fact that there are a lot of us that are sick with Alzheimer’s. It is the […]

There was justifiable ink given last month in the media to the Lesné research misconduct. But it missed the mark. The real Alzheimer’s story is the “amyloid hypothesis” related to A?*56 is a small fraction of the research being done in an industry that is funding, backed by a lot of heart, to find a […]

GAP-Net Site, iResearch Atlanta, hosted an event to brainstorm ways to educate community members on Alzheimer’s and other dementia related diseases. Near the end of July, 10 individuals from the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP), MapHabit, Collaborative Real Estate, and 250 E Ponce’s very own iResearch Atlanta were exclusively invited to gather over complimentary lunch […]

GAP partner, Genetech, is working with us on our Bio-Hermes study to increase diversity in Alzheimer’s clinical trials. Missing a trial goal in Alzheimer’s disease is a pretty common occurrence—see crenezumab, for the latest. But Genentech’s latest reported miss was something different. The Roche unit wanted to build a clinical trial program for its lead candidate […]

The new program will provide much-needed resources and workforce development opportunities for clinical trial sites challenged by a shortage of approved raters. WASHINGTON, DC, Aug.1 — The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) and WCG announced a joint program today that will increase the availability of educational resources and training to support Alzheimer’s disease research. This will provide […]

Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation to present information about trial diversity at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. WASHINGTON, DC, July 27, 2022 — As a leading organization focused on increasing participant diversity in Alzheimer’s clinical trials, the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) will present data at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® 2022 (AAIC®) to share information about its […]

Dr. Richard Holub from GAP-Net site Neurological Associates of Albany talks about his commitment to finding a cure for Alzheimer’s disease and says he won’t be retiring anytime soon. Dr. Richard Holub has spent the past 40 years dedicated to Alzheimer’s research. He has treated thousands of Alzheimer’s patients and completed more than 125 clinical […]

Individuals who are usually at risk of developing Alzheimer’s can take part in pre-screening visits at every mobile site stop. Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) has introduced a new mobile health site to lower barriers to the participation of underrepresented communities in Alzheimer’s clinical trials. Around 1% of the African Americans and Hispanics with Alzheimer’s take part […]

Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation’s new mobile research site is taking Alzheimer’s clinical trials on the road to traditionally underrepresented communities. WASHINGTON, DC, July 14, 2022 — Today, Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) announced the launch of a new mobile health site, which is hitting the road to reduce barriers to clinical trial participation. While more than six […]

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 […]

3-year partnership will leverage biomarker database and AI for innovation to create“Digital Twins” that help uncover the complex biology driving Alzheimer’s Disease Somerville, Mass., June 1st, 2022 — GNS, the leader in the use of “Virtual Patients,” Causal AI and simulation technology for biopharmaceutical drug discovery and development, and the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) today […]

GAP President John Dwyer was quoted in the Wall Street Journal speaking about how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services coverage decision limits Alzheimer’s patients. The commercial failure of Biogen Inc.’s drug Aduhelm is putting new focus on the state of research into the causes of Alzheimer’s disease. More than six million people in the U.S. are […]

GAP-Net Site, Neurological Associates of Albany, was featured in the news about a new trial they are participating in. Over the last five years, Jim Manuel says he slowly started to lose bits and pieces of his life. Pieces so small, it was easy for his wife and kids to think he was imagining it. […]

GAP-Net Site El Faro Health and Therapeutics’ Dr. James Falcon was interviewed about the new research center. Starr County, a rural area along the Texas-Mexico border, has one of the highest rates of Alzheimer’s disease in the country. It’s not clear why. But physicians at a new research and treatment center in the area hope to […]

GAP President John Dwyer was quoted in AlzForum about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Coverage Decision (NCD) to only cover the drug Aduhlem for those in enrolled in a qualifying clinical trial. The verdict is in—but what now? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will only cover aducanumab in the context of […]

GAP President John Dwyer spoke about the Bio-Hermes study and why enrolling minority populations are a priority. Metro Orlando clinical trial hopes to speed up Alzheimer’s diagnoses for minorities Black people are twice as likely as white people to develop Alzheimer’s disease — Latinx people, 1.5 times as likely. But barriers including access to health […]

GAP-Net sites Baylor College of Medicine Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center and the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at the Cleveland Clinic in Las Vegas are collaborating on a film project to bring awareness of the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in the Latino community. Assistant director Aaron Thomas slams the clapperboard Saturday to […]

GAP-Net site El Faro Health & Therapeutics was featured in the Houston Chronicle. The disease took Noemi Fleming’s elderly mother slowly, the first hints in repeated anecdotes or phrases. Then misplaced keys and bills. Then, Fleming caught her mother walking outside in the middle of the night, looking for the newspaper. “Mama, it’s 1 o’clock […]

Washington, D.C. (April 7, 2022) – “Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final coverage ruling for an entire class of Alzheimer’s drugs.  At its core, this National Coverage Decision (NCD) is not very different here from a flat-out denial of coverage. CMS continues to treat all Alzheimer’s patients differently than any other class […]

Modeled after DARPA, ARPA-H will incentivize innovative approaches to address some of America’s deadliest diseases Washington, D.C. (March 30, 2022) – A group of leading scientists and patient advocates today applauded the Biden Administration and Congress for making the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) a reality. This new agency is designed to empower […]