Dementia Drugs Market, by Drug Class (MAO Inhibitors, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, and Glutamate Inhibitors), by Distribution Channel (Hospital Pharmacies, Retail Pharmacies, and Others), and by Region (North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa)- Size, Share, Outlook, and Opportunity Analysis, 2022 - 2030
Dementia is a form of disease that affects the functioning of the brain resulting in decline in memory or other thinking skills. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common and largest form of dementia (in over 60% cases), which is observed among people aged 65 years and above. Dementia results from a variety of diseases and injuries that primarily or secondarily affect the brain, such as Alzheimer's disease or stroke. It affects memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language, and judgment. The impairment in cognitive function is commonly accompanied, and occasionally preceded, by changes in mood, emotional control, behavior, or motivation. Accumulation of a protein called beta amyloid in the spaces between nerve cells due to genetic mutation is a major cause of dementia. Although dementia is not treatable, symptomatic treatment is followed in all cases. Research is being carried out to develop therapies centered on the role of beta-amyloid in dementia.
Market Dynamics
Increasing product approval by regulatory authorities is the major driving factor for growth of the dementia drugs market. For instance, on June 24, 2021, Eli Lilly and Company, a pharmaceutical company announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Breakthrough Therapy designation for donanemab, Eli Lilly and Company's investigational antibody therapy for Alzheimer's disease (AD). The Breakthrough Therapy designation aims to expedite development and review of drugs that are intended to treat a serious condition when preliminary clinical evidence indicates that the drug may demonstrate substantial improvement on a clinically significant endpoint(s) over already available therapies that have received full FDA approval. Dementia due to Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 60 to 80 percent of all cases.
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