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Sad News about a Medicine for Alzheimer's

A company stopped testing a new medicine that was supposed to help people with Alzheimer's disease remember things better.

The medicine, called simufilam, didn't work as hoped in a big test with lots of people.

Some scientists worried about this medicine before, because some of the information about it wasn't quite right.

The company's special medicine was its only hope, so this is really disappointing news for everyone involved.

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Original: The New York Times (Science)

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#Alzheimer's disease #simufilam #Cassava Sciences #clinical trial #drug development

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