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An experimental treatment for Alzheimer's Disease originally developed 5 years ago by Arcadia Dr. William K. Summers has been recommended to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug is called THA.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 1, 1991
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Summers, William K.
Item ID
3289AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Families of 13 Alzheimer's disease patients filed a class action law suit to order the government to approve the drug THA. Dr. William Summers of Arcadia was the first to report that THA was effective against Alzheimer's disease 5 years ago.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 20, 1991
Pages
p. B-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 20, 1991
Pages
p. B-2
Subjects
Summers, William K.
Item ID
3290AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Food and Drug Administration cleared the way Monday for expanded testing of the drug THA, a promising drug to treat Alzheimer's Disease. Arcadia resident Dr. William Summers first reported that THA was beneficial to Alzheimer's patients in 1986 in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 8, 1991
Pages
p. A-2 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 8, 1991
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Summers, William K.
Item ID
3291AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Photo of Arcadia Author William K. Summers, M.D. He is shown wearing a suit and tie.

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Date
c.1991
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Date
c.1991
Subjects
Arcadia authors-Summers, William K.
Physical Description
5x7 b&w
ID
148
Collection
Photographs
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