The New Alzheimer’s Drug—Who Knows if it Even Works?
THE NEW ALZHEIMER’S DRUG—WHO KNOWS IF IT EVEN WORKS? I’m one of millions who would welcome an effective Alzheimer’s disease treatment. My mother died of it and I know others who either have it presently or who’ve also died of Alzheimer’s. Now, last Monday, along comes the pharmaceutical manufacturer Biogen with their drug aducanumab, with the brand name Aduhelm, as the first treatment approved by the F.D.A. that targets the underlying disease process of Alzheimer’s rather the just its symptoms. Biogen’s drug had been vigorously lobbied for approval by patient advocacy groups and some physicians eager to have an effective...