Tag Archive for: Alzheimer’s

This week’s hot topic: Why Pharma will have to play the long game on Alzheimer’s drugs

By Stephen Adams, Optimum Strategic Communications Few people expected England and Wales’s drugs spending watchdog, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (“NICE”), to approve Eli Lilly’s new dementia drug donanemab for use on the NHS last week.  At a reputed annual cost of at least £60,000 a year, including the care bill, it […]

AstronauTx appoints Jane Rhodes as Chief Executive Officer and Expands Executive Team

Jane Rhodes appointed as Chief Executive Officer Magnus Ivarsson appointed as Chief Translation and Early Development Officer London UK, 1 October 2024 – AstronauTx Ltd (“AstronauTx”), a biotechnology company developing novel treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, today announces the appointment of Dr Jane Rhodes, PhD, MBA, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and member […]

Asceneuron Secures $100 Million Series C Financing to Advance Groundbreaking Therapeutics in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Financing led by Novo Holdings, including new investment from EQT Life Sciences – LSP Dementia Fund, OrbiMed and SR One with participation from existing investors M Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, GSK Equities Investments Limited and Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. Funds will be used to progress lead asset ASN51, an oral small molecule OGA […]

Asceneuron Expands Scientific Advisory Board with World Leading Experts in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Significant appointments of industry and academic experts to support Phase II development of ASN51 in Alzheimer’s disease Lausanne, SWITZERLAND and San Francisco, CA, USA, 6 March 2024 – Asceneuron SA, a clinical stage biotech company dedicated to targeting the root causes of neurodegenerative diseases, today announces the appointments of neurodegenerative disease experts to its Scientific Advisory Board […]

AstronauTx closes £48 million ($61 million) Series A financing to create new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease

AstronauTx is a biotech company developing new treatments for neurodegenerative conditions based on amplifying the brain’s own physiological protective mechanisms Proceeds of the financing will be used to advance a portfolio of programmes and take the lead molecule into clinical trials The syndicate, led by the Novartis Venture Fund, also includes MPM Capital, Brandon Capital, […]