Drug for Alzheimer's disease does not appear to slow cognitive decline

Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 22:14 in Health & Medicine

Although there were promising results in a phase 2 trial, patients with mild Alzheimer disease who received the drug tarenflurbil as part of a phase 3 trial did not have better outcomes on measures of cognitive decline or loss of activities of daily living compared to patients who received placebo, according to a new study.

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