Tag Archive for: neurodegeneration

AC Immune First Half 2026 Financial and Corporate Update

Focused portfolio of wholly-owned programs approach near-term clinical catalysts as partnered programs generate milestone payments Key advances across pipeline, with further near-term clinical results anticipated for H2 2026 Phase 2 VacSYn trial of ACI-7104 in Parkinson’s disease supported by a $4 million grant from The Vijay and Marie Goradia Charitable Foundation Morphomer small molecule program […]

AstronauTx appoints experienced biotech executive Adam Rosenberg as Chair of the Board

Seasoned executive with extensive board experience across US and European biotechnology companies Brings extensive operational, strategic and transactional expertise as AstronauTx advances its innovative pipeline targeting improvements in sleep architecture to treat neurodegenerative diseases   London, UK, 7 January 2026 – AstronauTx Ltd (“AstronauTx”), a biotechnology company developing therapeutics to treat Alzheimer’s Disease and other […]

LoQus23 Therapeutics nominates LQT-23 as first-in-class, oral drug candidate for Huntington’s Disease

LQT-23 is a potent, highly differentiated, first-in-class allosteric small molecule inhibitor of MSH3/MutSβ Unique mechanism of action with potential to slow or stop the progression of HD Cambridge, UK, 6 January 2026 – LoQus23 Therapeutics Ltd (“LoQus23”), a biotechnology company investigating small molecule drugs that could stop the pathogenic triplet expansion that is the cause […]

Mission Therapeutics announces publication in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery of article highlighting how neurodegenerative diseases can be tackled by enhancing mitophagy

Review article in high impact journal outlines the evidence that neurodegenerative diseases –including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, ALS and Huntington’s – can be addressed by boosting mitophagy, the quality control system cells use to remove dysfunctional mitochondria Strong evidence has emerged that deficient mitophagy is an underlying cause of neurodegenerative disease Momentum is building, with the first […]

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 […]

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