Interés Humano

EE. UU. autoriza el primer fármaco nuevo para el alzhéimer en casi dos décadas

Decisión es polémica, ya que un panel de expertos independientes no encontró en noviembre pruebas suficientes del beneficio de Aduhelm

(FILES) In this file photo music therapist Heather Davidson (L) plays a drum with Claire Diering (R) during a drum circle with patients with Alzheimer's disease at the Copper Ridge Care Center in Sykesville, Maryland, on October 23, 2009. - The United States on June 7, 2021 approved a drug called Aduhelm to treat patients with Alzheimer's, the first new medicine against the disease in almost two decades and the first to address cognitive decline linked to the condition. The decision was highly anticipated but also contentious, because an independent expert panel convened by the regulatory Food and Drug Administration last November found insufficient evidence of Aduhelm's benefit. (Photo by Saul LOEB / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo music therapist Heather Davidson (L) plays a drum with Claire Diering (R) during a drum circle with patients with Alzheimer's disease at the Copper Ridge Care Center in Sykesville, Maryland, on October 23, 2009. - The United States on June 7, 2021 approved a drug called Aduhelm to treat patients with Alzheimer's, the first new medicine against the disease in almost two decades and the first to address cognitive decline linked to the condition. The decision was highly anticipated but also contentious, because an independent expert panel convened by the regulatory Food and Drug Administration last November found insufficient evidence of Aduhelm's benefit. (Photo by Saul LOEB / AFP) SAUL LOEB
La musicoterapeuta Heather Davidson (izquierda) toca un tambor con Claire Diering (derecha) con pacientes con enfermedad de alzhéimer, en Sykesville, Maryland, el 23 de octubre del 2009. Foto: AFP (SAUL LOEB/AFP)

Washington. Estados Unidos aprobó este lunes un medicamento llamado Aduhelm para tratar a pacientes con alzhéimer, el primer fármaco nuevo contra esta enfermedad en casi dos décadas y el primero en abordar el deterioro cognitivo relacionado con la afección.

La decisión de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA), muy esperada, es polémica dado que un panel de expertos independientes no encontró en noviembre pruebas suficientes del beneficio de Aduhelm.

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