Breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug successfully blocks both major disease ‘hotspots’ at once for the first time 

RESEARCHERS have developed a drug that successfully blocks two major Alzheimer’s disease “hotspots” at once, in a “promising” breakthrough against the brain robbing disease.

The drug – called RI-AG03 – targets spots in the brain that promote the abnormal buildup of tau, a protein that forms “tangles” around cells and is a key driver in the decline of brain function.