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Rember for Alzheimer's: Methylene Blue's Comeback

Posted on July 31, 2008

Today we take up the extremely interesting story of Rember, hailed in this week s press as a potential wonder drug for Alzheimer s. There are a lot of unusual features to this one.To take the most obvious first, the Phase II data seem to have been impressive. It s hard to show decent efficacy in an Alzheimer s trial you can ask Wyeth and Elan about that, although it s a sore subject with them. But Rember, according to reports (this is the best I've seen), was significantly more effective than the current standard of care (Aricept/donezepil, a cholinesterase inhibitor). In light o...

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