New Alzheimer’s Drug Kisunla Administered for First Time in Taiwan

A new drug for treating early-stage Alzheimer’s disease has been administered for the first time in Taiwan on an 83-year-old woman in New Taipei.

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00:00A new drug for early-stage Alzheimer's disease has been administered in Taiwan for the first time.

00:06The drug is called Kitsanla and was developed by a U.S. pharmaceutical company

00:11aimed at treating the cause of Alzheimer's rather than just the symptoms.

00:15It was used on an 83-year-old female patient in New Taipei.

00:20Kitsanla was approved by the government earlier this year.

00:23There are around 350,000 people living with dementia in Taiwan,

00:27and estimated two-thirds of them have Alzheimer's disease.