In This Episode
Phil and Christy react to the news Biogen is resurrecting aducanumab, the most promising drug in development in years, after failing a futility study in March. We wonder what’s really going on here: is aducanumab the magic bullet or false hope?
In this episode, we discuss:
- The timeline of aducanumab
- Phil’s very personal stake in the news
- Christy recalls when Namenda (memantine), the last FDA-approved dementia medication, hit the market and the effect it had on two of her residents
- The existing four FDA-approved dementia medications
- The impact using dementia medications can have on a person’s quality of life
- A different take on how we measure costs related to dementia
- The amyloid hypothesis and the role of environment and genetics
- The really important thing Phil feels like he got out of the news
(48 minutes)
Show Notes
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Roundup from Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) Day One: Biogen, Blood Pressure Control
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Biogen Reports Drug Effective in Slowing Alzheimer’s Disease: ‘A Milestone Achievement’
- Biogen Trial Participant Seeks to Understand Science Behind Alzheimer’s Drug
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For Alzheimer’s Patient, Hope Renewed Following Biogen Announcement
- The only four currently approved dementia-specific medications: Aricept (donepezil), Razadyne (galantamine) , Exelon (rivastigmine), and Namenda (memantine)
- PET scan costs
- How did the amyloid hypothesis go from promising to perilous in the search for Alzheimer’s treatments?
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Resources
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Archive
With Host Christy Turner of Dementia Sherpa (Episodes 79-current)
With Host Mike Good of Together in This (Episodes 1-78)
Mike Good founded The Alzheimer’s Podcast in May 2017. Christy appears as a guest in episodes 15, 19, 21, and 23-26. She became the featured expert on the show starting with episode 28 and appears in every episode after, except 56. When Mike decided to follow his bliss, Christy took over the show in January 2019.
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