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Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation Applauds the FDA’s Acceptance of the Subcutaneous Version of Leqembi
Washington D.C., June.10, 2024- Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) –applauds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s acceptance of Eisai’s application for the subcutaneous maintenance dosing of Leqembi. With an action date set for January 25, 2025, this autoinjector will be used for weekly maintenance dosing and stands to reduce the burden on patients who are eligible to receive this disease-modifying therapy, as it can be used […]
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
Scottish Funding Council Guest Blog: Science as a team sport
In the hands of the SFC-funded Brain Health ARC, the Bio-Hermes dataset offers the Scottish dementia research community a platform for new ideas, collaboration and early career development. Millie Mather explains more in our latest guest blog. During my working hours, I can be identified as the sole person in the room without a PhD in science or medicine. In fact, […]
OC Independent: Free Memory Screening In Brea For Over-50 On Thursday, May 16
By:OCI Staff Syrentis Clinical Research will hold a free memory screening event on Thursday, May 16 for people aged 50 and above to increase awareness for early detection of memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease. In California, it is estimated that more than 690,000 people are currently living with Alzheimer’s Disease, and experts predict that this […]
Community Newspapers: Aventura Mother and Award-Winning Volunteer Celebrated by Local Researchers for Outstanding Volunteerism
By Community News Releases, May 9, 2024 Visionary Investigators Network honored Joanne Bridges, the recipient of the 2023 National Citizen Scientist Collaborator Award® to recognize her extraordinary efforts as a study partner in an Alzheimer’s clinical trial at Visionary Investigators Network. The Aventura mother and resident was selected as a National Honoree for the Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) Collaborator Award, from a […]
Pink Sheet: Medicare Spending Forecast For Leqembi Reflects CMS Angst About Alzheimer’s Drug Costs
by Cathy Kelly, April 15, 2025 The agency’s projection that Medicare will spend $3.5bn on Leqembi in 2025 is nearly three times the level of sales that marketer Eisai is expecting for the drug in North and South America combined in its fiscal year 2026. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services appear to be […]
TrialSiteNews: Florida Trial Site Contributes to Successful Study Testing Alzheimer’s Blood Test, Now on Market for Research, Physicians
trialsitenews Staff at TrialSite | Quality Journalism Apr. 12, 2024, 1:00 p.m. Expensive and not always covered by insurance, the standard most reliable method of diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease is via positron emission tomography or PET scan of the brain. Another more cumbersome, invasive and painful approach is the spinal tap. What if there was an […]
Bravo Column: Orange County resident awarded for advancing Alzheimer’s research
Costa Mesa resident Jeannie Weiss is driving Alzheimer’s research forward and is receiving a national award for her exemplary volunteerism to help advance science. The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation (GAP) recognized Weiss for her exceptional role in Alzheimer’s research. Weiss received GAP’s 2023 National Citizen Scientist Champion Award, which is given to individuals who act […]
NHS Research Scotland: Scotland proud to host first-of-its-kind Alzheimer’s research challenge
28th March 2024 Scotland has been selected to host a first-of-its-kind Alzheimer’s research competition, representing ‘significant recognition of the country’s wealth of world-leading expertise,’ says the Chief Scientist for Health Professor Anna Dominiczak welcomed the news that Scotland has already launched the Bio-Hermes Biomarker Data Challenge, granting access to what has been called “the most comprehensive […]
Biopharma Boardroom: Scotland to Host Research Challenge Using the Most Comprehensive Set of Dementia Biomarker Data in the World
The Global Alzheimer’s Platform Foundation® (GAP) has announced that Scotland will host the Bio-Hermes Biomarker Data Challenge 2024, a groundbreaking research competition utilizing the most extensive collection of dementia biomarker data from innovative early blood testing studies for Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at the Universities of Glasgow and St. Andrews, under the auspices of the Scottish […]