China has launched a comprehensive national campaign against Alzheimer’s, as projections warn the degenerative brain disease could affect nearly 10 per cent of citizens by 2050.
With the world’s fastest-growing dementia caseload set to sharply grow by mid-century, China is mobilising top scientific institutions, major biotech firms and dozens of experts to accelerate the development of original treatments.
This urgent initiative aims to avert a looming public health and economic crisis, driven by the limited availability and high cost of current therapies.
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They were there for the launch of a national project to “develop new biological drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease”, according to the institute’s website.
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China has the world’s fastest-growing number of dementia cases, with the number of diagnosed Alzheimer’s cases increasing threefold over the past three decades.