"Now that there is a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, we can prevent dementia by 90% if it is detected early. With better drugs expected to be developed in the future, we should provide timely treatment for the patients so they can live to grasp that new opportunity."

Duk Lyul Na, Director of the Happymind Clinic (former Professor of Neurology at Samsung Medical Center,), stressed the importance of treating Alzheimer's disease early during a meeting with Dailypharm.

Alzheimer's disease has been one of the unexplored areas of treatment. Since the hypothesis that Alzheimer's disease is caused by amyloid beta emerged, drugs targeting amyloid beta were developed, to no effect.