Hunt for Alzheimer’s cure suffers ‘heavy blow’ as Pfizer pulls out of research

Hunt for Alzheimer’s cure suffers ‘heavy blow’ as Pfizer pulls out of research

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/01/08/hunt-alzheimers-cure-suffers-heavy-blow-pfizer-pulls-research/ By Sarah Knapton, science editor  The search for a cure for Alzheimer’s disease suffered a ‘heavy blow’ after Pfizer, the world’s largest drugs company, announced it was halting research efforts into finding new treatments. The US based company is expected to cut 300 jobs globally including many British researchers based at labs…