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Roche drug to try to prevent Alzheimer's.

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  1. Sep 23, 2026
    PREVENTION TRIAL BEGINS IN PEOPLE WITHOUT SYMPTOMSTrial begins · 1,600 planned

    Alzheimer's drug tested in healthy people to see if it can prevent disease

    Roche's PrevenTRON study will give an experimental antibody or a placebo (a dummy treatment) to about 1,600 people aged 55 to 80 who have no memory problems but carry a blood marker linked to Alzheimer's.