{"id":63967,"date":"2026-05-12T09:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/63967\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:58:13","slug":"roche-cleared-to-launch-early-alzheimers-test-in-eu-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/63967\/","title":{"rendered":"Roche cleared to launch early Alzheimer&#8217;s test in EU: company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"w5cmr\">Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Tuesday that it had received clearance from health safety regulators to sell a new blood test for early detection of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease in the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>                  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Doctor Taking Blood Sample From Patient's Arm in Hospital for Medical Testing\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Doctor_Taking_Blood_Sample_From_Patients_Arm.m.width-800.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      Doctor Taking Blood Sample From Patient&#8217;s Arm in Hospital for Medical Testing\/ iStock<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"mik02\">The Elecsys pTau217 blood test developed with the US laboratory Eli Lilly measures irregularities in protein structures that can cause the neurodegenerative disease, the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"fm1t1\">Easier and less uncomfortable than the existing method of taking a spinal fluid sample, the blood test has received the &#8220;CE&#8221; 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