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The future of medical cannabis development in Europe

European Pharmaceutical Review

This could lead to significant research waste. This will lead to a higher proportion of these medicines becoming licensed, benefitting a larger number of patients. He leads the pre-clinical and clinical medical cannabis research programmes in Europe and is responsible for the cannabis clinic rollout across the continent.

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Paving the way for anti-Abeta active immunotherapy

European Pharmaceutical Review

Targeting toxic species of Abeta, such as multimers (with aducanumab and lecanemab) or pyroglutamate Abeta3-42 (with donanemab), induced significant removal of Abeta plaque load in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, leading to the delay in cognitive decline. Treatment with the mAbs delayed cognitive decline by 2.6 months for lecanemab and 5.5