A Message from the Executive Director and Chief Science Officer
The aging of the population worldwide is setting the stage for
an epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a
chronic, progressive, and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative
disease of aging that causes irreversible loss of mental
function, destroying the lives of those with the disease and
disrupting the lives of those who love and care for them.
Alzheimer’s disease was discovered at the turn of the 20th
Century, but despite much progress, effective drugs for
treatment and prevention are still not available. The Alzheimer
Drug Discovery Foundation’s mission is to accelerate the
discovery of new drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease and related
dementias. - The number of people with Alzheimer’s disease in
the U.S. alone is expected to increase from 4.5 million to 16
million by 2050 - Alzheimer’s disease affects 1 out of 4 people
over age 75, 1 out of 3 people over 80, and nearly half of those
over age 85 If we can delay the onset of Alzheimer’