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Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF)

@theddfund

DDF is the world’s first and largest family of specialized venture capital funds that invests in companies developing novel therapeutics for dementia.

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We would love to hear from scientists, researchers and companies developing novel therapies for Dementia, who need funding and help. You can get in touch with us through our website theddfund.com

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Did you know that dementia has higher health and social care costs (£11.9bn) than cancer (£5.0bn) and chronic heart disease (£2.5bn) combined. Click here for more revealing statistics: dementiastatistics.org

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The DDF has raised a total of $350 million to develop novel disease-modifying therapeutics for all forms of dementia. theddfund.com/video-25june20…

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The DDF does not only invest in existing companies, but also initiates projects to help create new drug discovery companies designed to explore new approaches to tackling #dementia. Find out more about how you can work with us theddfund.com

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“One of the key goals of the DDF is to bring diversity to the range of approaches that we’re going to use to attack dementia” Tetsu Maruyama, Chief Scientific Officer of the DDF.

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The #DDF can provide guidance and hands-on support to help companies to develop innovative drugs for dementia patients. To find out more how we can help you, visit our website #dementiaresesearch #dementia #alzheimers theddfund.com

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#DDF invests in truly novel, early-stage projects starting from target identification, and explore novel biological insights for translation into disease-modifying drugs for #dementia and #alzheimers

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The #DDF can provide guidance and hands-on support to help companies to develop innovative drugs for dementia patients. To find out more how we can help you, visit our website #dementiaresesearch #dementia #alzheimers theddfund.com

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Since we launched in October 2015, the #DDF has made significant progress building an initial portfolio of 16 investments in drug discovery companies and projects predominantly in the UK and US #dementia. Find out more about us by visiting our website theddfund.com

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We're delighted to see that the NIH is funding a broad range of fresh ideas to help tackle Alzheimer's disease science.sciencemag.org/content/361/64… #Alzheimers @sciencemagazine

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Dementia Discovery Fund launches new research accelerator partnership with the UK Dementia Research Institute at inaugural Annual Forum for Dementia. D3A will support important research projects with potential to create meaningful new medicines for dementia theddfund.com

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We're delighted to be working with the Dementia Discovery Fund (Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF)) to launch D3A, an exciting accelerator programme that will move dementia science closer to the clinic. Find out more: ukdri.ac.uk/news-and-event…

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“The nice thing about a platform like this, and going against undruggable targets, is that you can go across all sorts of indications,” said CEO Solomon, who helped found Epizyme and served as its VP of discovery: fiercebiotech.com/biotech/ribome…

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We are pleased to note that Rheostat, a biotech company focused on the discovery of novel treatments for neurodegeneration, cognition and rare diseases, has announced the closing of a $23 million Series A financing. Read the full press release here: theddfund.com/ddf-notes-rheo…