Embattled Alzheimerβs Researcher Is Charged With Fraud NYT: Science Apoorva Mandavilli 28 June 2024 at 18:05 Hoau-Yan Wang, a professor at City College, published studies supporting simufilam, now in advanced clinical trials. Β© Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York TimesHoau-Yan Wangβs work underpinned research into a diagnostic test for Alzheimerβs disease and simufilam, a drug in advanced clinical trials made by Cassava Sciences in Austin, Texas.