Alzheimer’s Research To Be More Collaborative, Better Funded Under National Plan
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Most of the additional money will help support two trials – one for insulin as a treatment and one for crenezumab as a preventative. The Obama administration formally launched its national Alzheimer’s plan in the midst of a two-day meeting that underscored how little researchers know about the disease.
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