Another Alzheimer’s blood test gets OK from FDA

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The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared Roche and partner Eli Lilly’s blood test to help ​identify signs of Alzheimer’s disease in people age ‌55 and older with cognitive decline.

The test, Elecsys pTau217, is a biomarker blood test that can help doctors identify patients who are ​likely or unlikely to have Alzheimer’s-related brain changes.

Read more on the CNN website here.

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