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Cochrane review dismissing amyloid drugs draws immediate backlash

A new report trying to settle a decades-old debate about Alzheimer’s disease has reached a dramatic conclusion: Antibody drugs that target sticky amyloid beta proteins in the brain simply don’t work.

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A new report trying to settle a decades-old debate about Alzheimer’s disease has reached a dramatic conclusion: Antibody drugs that target sticky amyloid beta proteins in the brain simply don’t work.

The meta-analysis, which compiles data from more than 20,000 patients across 17 clinical trials, determined that treatment with amyloid antibodies resulted in “little to no difference” in cognitive function, dementia severity and functional ability. The authors concluded that future Alzheimer’s drugs “should focus on other mechanisms of action.”

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