FDA Clears New Blood Test that Could Speed Alzheimer’s Diagnosis and Treatment

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With Alzheimer’s rates climbing and diagnoses often delayed until symptoms progress, a new FDA-cleared blood test could mark a turning point in how the disease is identified and managed. Image for illustration purposes
With Alzheimer’s rates climbing and diagnoses often delayed until symptoms progress, a new FDA-cleared blood test could mark a turning point in how the disease is identified and managed. Image for illustration purposes

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By George Washington University

Newswise – With Alzheimer’s rates climbing and diagnoses often delayed until symptoms progress, a new FDA-cleared blood test could mark a turning point in how the disease is identified and managed.

This week, the FDA cleared Roche’s Elecsys pTau181 test — only the second blood-based biomarker test approved this year for Alzheimer’s disease. The test, developed with Eli Lilly, gives primary care physicians a faster way to help rule out Alzheimer’s in patients showing signs of cognitive decline, potentially reducing reliance on costly PET scans and getting patients to answers — and treatment — sooner.

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