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FDA panel reviews 1st new Alzheimer's drug in 2 decades

by Marilynn MarchioneMatthew Perrone
| November 5, 2020 10:08 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the biggest drug decisions in decades is looming as U.S. regulators consider whether to approve the first medicine that's claimed to slow mental decline from Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia.

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