Germans to Receive First Dose of Anavex Life Sciences’ (AVXL) Alzheimer Drug
Odds are that most people know someone suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, the debilitating form of dementia which affects memory, thinking, and behavior, given that there are more than 5.3 million Americans suffering today from it. The common thought is that it only inflicts older people, but the reality is that while the disease is most common in people over the age of 65, it can strike adults of any age irrespective of their gender, background or socioeconomic status. At the current rate of growth, Alzheimer’s will affect nearly 8 million Americans by the year 2030 and nearly double that number…