Roche's MAb gantenerumab seen to remove amyloid plaques from the brain of Alzheimer's patients

12 October 2011

Swiss drug major Roche (ROG: SIX) says that its monoclonal antibody gantenerumab removes amyloid plaques from the brain of patients with Alzheimer's disease. The findings from an early-stage study titled study Mechanism of amyloid removal in patients with Alzheimer disease treated with ganteneruma, were reported in the October issue of Archives in Neurology.

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