Alzheimer's Drugs Market to Witness Growth Acceleration During 2019-2030 - AC Immune, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, DAIICHI SANKYO
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disorder, in which the brain gradually degenerates resulting in loss of memory, brain dysfunction, and cellular loss. It most often occurs in people aged above 65–70 years. A person afflicted with Alzheimer's also has to encounter issues with reasoning or judgment, steady decline in the ability to perform routine tasks, difficulty in learning, disorientation and loss of language skills. All these changes have a deep impact on not only the patient who is afflicted by the disease but also the care givers of the patient. This ultimately results in loss of independence of the patients and eventually complete dependence on the care givers. There are no definite symptoms for this disease and the biological changes in the brain at times can occur even decades before the first symptoms appear, making early diagnosis very difficult. By the time the patient reaches the late stages of the disease, they people are often unable to even communicate...