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Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation Statement on CMS Final Rate Determinations and Its Impact on Alzheimer’s Community
Washington D.C., Nov. 26, 2024- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS) 2025 Final Rate Determinations yesterday, unveiling that clinically critical codes for the reimbursement of Alzheimer neurological biomarker blood tests have been referred to the process known as “gapfill.” Earlier this year, the preliminary recommendation for […]
Yahoo News! WOKV: Jacksonville research center joins network researching Alzheimer’s
By ActionNewsJax.com News Staff, November 18, 2024 at 5:32 pm EST Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research just joined the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation’s national network of research centers. According to a news release, the JCCR has conducted more than 1,000 clinical trials over 25 years. Global Alzheimer’s Platform President John Dwyer said the organization wants to […]
Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation Welcomes Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research to its Global Network
Washington D.C., Nov. 18, 2024- Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) is welcoming a new clinical research site into its international network of best-in-class research sites, Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research of Jacksonville, Florida. Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research (JCCR) is a premier clinical research site, having conducted more than 1,000 clinical trials over 25 years with […]
Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation Applauds Eisai on the FDA Submission for the Subcutaneous Version of LEQEMBI
Washington D.C., Nov. 4, 2024 – Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) applauds Eisai and Biogen on the completion of the rolling submission of the application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the subcutaneous maintenance dosing of Leqembi. If approved, this autoinjector could greatly improve the patient experience, reducing the need for biweekly one-hour visits […]
Contify Life Sciences: Cognivue to Partner on Another Major Clinical Study with the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation
Contify Life Science News Nov 3 • 11:52 PM *Cognivue’s participation in the study will help predict underlying AD pathologies and analyze MRI, neuroinflammation, and longitudinal data. Oct. 30– Cognivue issued the following news release:. Its proven ability to distinguish between cognitively normal individuals, those with MCI, and mild dementia— regardless of amyloid status., Validated […]
CBS: New Alzheimer’s resource center opening in Oak Cliff
By Robbie Owens, November 1, 2024 / 6:05 PM CDT / CBS Texas DALLAS – If you dare, just look at the numbers associated with Alzheimer’s: nearly 7 million Americans are diagnosed with the disease right now. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the potential lifetime impact is 1 in 3. Gail Youngdale is one of them. “My mother […]
Precision Medicine Online: GAP Foundation Launches Second Study on Alzheimer’s Blood Biomarkers
Oct 30, 2024 | staff reporterSave for later NEW YORK – The Global Alzheimer’s Platform (GAP) Foundation has launched the Bio-Hermes-002 study, in which it will continue to explore biomarkers that can predict the likelihood that a patient has amyloid and tau accumulations in their brains, signaling a potential Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The Alzheimer’s research-focused nonprofit announced the […]
Collaborative effort to conduct a study aimed at improving the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and related dementias for everyone
Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation Announces Strategic Partnerships for the Transformative Bio-Hermes-002 Study Washington D.C., Oct. 28, 2024 – The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) is pleased to welcome the initial strategic partners in the Bio-Hermes-002 study. These collaborations will enhance the unique, observational platform study that compares blood-based and digital biomarkers across a broad range […]
New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative: As Parkinson’s cases rise, clinical trial volunteers hope to help future patients
By Eleanore Catolico, 10/23/24 Renee Stamper, shown here with a portrait of her mother, has joined 15 clinical trials in eight years. (Photo by Alejandro Ugalde Sandoval)On Christmas Eve 2014, a speeding car clipped the bumper of a Detroit city bus in the early morning darkness. Renee Stamper, the bus driver, spun on the road. After […]
Healthcare Economist: The Future of Medicare’s Coverage with Evidence Development Policy
2024, 10-21, Jason Shafrin That is the title of an interesting panel from USC Schaeffer Center on Coverage with Evidence Development (CED). It includes an interview with Tamara Syrek Jensen, Director, of the Coverage & Analysis Group within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. After the interview, there is a panel discussion of academics with […]