The surprise announcement by Biogen International about two weeks ago that it would work to register a drug for Alzheimer’s after nearly giving it up following a failed trial has again raised hopes of a dramatic change in this market. The Alzheimer’s market has not seen new drugs for many years, and companies that have buried hundreds […]

Laboratory for Advanced Medicine Inc. has raised $86 million and hired a chief executive to push new blood tests for cancer toward the market.  Irvine, Calif.-based LAM has named Kenneth Chahine, a former Ancestry.com executive, to lead the company, which is competing with several venture-backed startups in a new market for blood tests that detect […]

Could a simple eye exam detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease? Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston have begun a study to find out. Dr. Gad Marshall, associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, is testing a special retina camera and software developed by a Canadian startup to determine whether […]