David Essam started developing Alzheimer's about seven years ago and was put on a drugs trial.
By Hamish Mureddu-Reid & Mark NormanThe wife of Kent man who was put on a "momentous" drug developed to fight Alzheimer's says it has given the couple "hope".He was put on a new drug, Lecanemab, as part of an international trial for those with early stage Alzheimer's.
But she said there are activities that he can still do, adding that the trial "has helped us" and "has given us hope". Lecanemab works in the early stages of the disease, and attacks the sticky gunge - called beta amyloid - that builds up in the brains of people with Alzheimer's.
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