The G8 group of leading industrial countries has agreed to "increase collectively and significantly" its funding for dementia research, with the aim of developing a cure or disease-modifying treatment by 2025 (matching the date set by the United States last year on Alzheimer's disease). The commitments were made on 11 December at a London summit dedicated to dementia. Ahead of the meeting, the United Kingdom said that it would double its annual public and private dementia research funding by 2025; it currently stands at £52 million (US$85 million).
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