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AstraZeneca and Banner Alzheimer's Institute Collaborate to Evaluate New Tool Targeting Alzheimer's Disease
Date:12/19/2007

s more than 5 million Americans (1). Little is known about what causes this fatal condition or how it progresses in patients.

"Collaborating with the world-class researchers at the Banner Alzheimer's Institute means that together we can generate invaluable insights about Alzheimer's disease and we hope that this will facilitate the invention and development of important new medicines to help patients afflicted with this dreadful disease," said Bob Holland, Vice President for Neuroscience at AstraZeneca.

"Researchers at the Banner Alzheimer's Institute have a long-standing reputation for excellent imaging research in the Alzheimer's field. This setting is ideal for further evaluation of our new radioligand with the potential for detailed mapping of amyloid deposits and early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease," said Lars Farde, Chief Scientist for CNS and Pain Research at AstraZeneca.

This the second of several planned new alliances by AstraZeneca with leading academic and research institutions to address unmet medical needs through cutting-edge research across several disease areas, including Alzheimer's disease, chronic pain and psychiatric illnesses. The first collaboration in this series was an agreement with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, in September, which focused on depression and other psychiatric illnesses. These proposed new agreements complement existing AstraZeneca US-based alliances in neuroscience and other key therapeutic areas with world-class institutions.

About Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease is a brain disorder that destroys brain cells, causing problems with memory, thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer's gets worse over time, and it is fatal. Today it is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States (1).

About Banner Alzheimer's Institute

The Banner Alzheimer's Institute provides clinical care
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