Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 by co-chairmen Leonard A. Lauder and Ronald S. Lauder of the Estée Lauder Companies cosmetics family and led by Howard Fillit, a geriatrician and neuroscientist. The ADDF provides funding to scientists who are conducting promising, innovative Alzheimer's disease drug research worldwide. The ADDF funds early-stage research and early-phase clinical trials that might otherwise go unfunded. By supporting research projects around the world, it seeks to increase the chances of finding treatments for Alzheimer's disease, related dementias and cognitive aging. The ADDF has invested nearly $65 million to fund some 450 Alzheimer's drug discovery programs and clinical trials in academic centers and biotechnology companies in 18 countries.

The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation
FounderLeonard A. Lauder, Ronald S. Lauder
FocusAlzheimer's Disease Preclinical Drug Research, Program to Accelerate Clinical Trials, Cognitive Vitality and Prevention, ADDF Access
Location
  • New York, NY
Key people
Dr. Howard Fillit, Executive Director and Chief Science Officer
WebsiteOfficial website

The ADDF also publishes peer-reviewed scientific articles with the goal of accelerating and improving Alzheimer's disease drug discovery research.

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