
A Skeptical Look at Aducanumab
The FDA approval of aducanumab has given hope to millions of patients with Alzheimer disease—but will it live up to the hype?
The big news in Alzheimer disease (AD) is the Federal Drug Administration’s
But its approval has also generated controversy. Three members of the Federal Drug Administration’s advisory committee have resigned, arguing that evidence for the drug’s efficacy was not strong enough to merit
George Perry, PhD, is among the skeptics. In this Mental Health Minute, he raises questions about the drug’s mechanism. He has long been skeptical of what he calls
Dr Perry is the Semmes Foundation Distinguished University Chair in Neurobiology at the University of Texas,
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