After yet another PhIII Alzheimer’s failure, experts try to map a path out of the wrecking field

Pushed by a 15-year record of clinical failures and pulled by an FDA searching for a practical new path forward for Alzheimer’s drug research, a joint committee organized by the NIH’s National Institute of Aging and the Alzheimer’s Association is suggesting a biomarker-based approach to defining the illness that can guide new development efforts.