RWD shows Viagra® may be viable for treating Alzheimer’s disease

A study led by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic (OH, USA) found that Viagra® is a promising candidate for treating and preventing Alzheimer’s disease. The findings have been published in Nature Aging. Alzheimer’s disease may impact 13.8 million Americans by 2050. As a result, there is a need for rapid treatment and prevention development. In this case, drug repurposing is a practical alternative to the traditional time-consuming and costly process of drug discovery. Lead researcher Feixiong Cheng (Cleveland Clinic’s Genomic Medicine Institute, OH, USA) and his team found that understanding the subtypes of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s may aid the process...