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studies have found that reducing plaque does not necessarily help patients with alzheimer s. last november dr. caleb alexander was on an f.d.a. advisory committee that voted against recommending approval. what are your objections to approval of this drug? well, i think the jury is still out on whether it works. and in this instance i think that the evidence is still quite murky as to the effectiveness of this product. was partially positive and reporter: aduhelm trials have had mixed outcomes for patients. one trial failed and one trial was partially positive and essentially that leaves a great deal of explaining on what accounts for the discordant results. reporter: but 57 year old jeff borghoff who has been living with symptoms for six years and has been part of the clinical trials welcomes anything that might help. we re not giving up on this one because it has shown promise. it has shown promise in me. o donnell: and dr. lapook joins us now, so jon, when is this drug th