DEMENTIA SLOWING PILL ON WAY TO NHS

Boost for patients as experts to rule on approval

- DAN WARBURTON

A PILL that slows down the progress of Alzheimer's disease could be rolled out on the NHS.

Experts will rule on the use of the drug, called HMTM, in April.

The daily pill prevents the build-up of protein clumps called tau in the brain, according to preclinical studies.

If approved, it would represent the biggest step forward in the treatment of NHS dementia patients in decades.