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About William K. Summers
- William Koopmans Summers (born April 14, 1944) is an independent neuroscientist and was the inventor of Tacrine (Cognex) as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease {US Patent No.
- 4,816,456}.
- Tacrine was the first FDA approved anti-dementia drug.
- Today there are five FDA approved anti-dementia drugs.
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