Icelandic genomics company Arctic Therapeutics has closed a €26.5 million (US$27.6 million) series A, enabling it to assess if its lead drug AT-001, designed to treat a rare inherited amyloid disease, also could be used to treat more common forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. The program is currently in a phase IIb/III European trial in cystatin C amyloid angiopathy, an ultra-rare disease found only in Iceland that is caused by the L68Q mutation in the cystatin C gene.
Gemvax & Kael Co. Ltd. has identified peptides reported to be useful for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cerebral amyloid angiopathy and Alzheimer’s disease.
Universitat de Barcelona has identified histone-lysine N-methyltransferase EHMT2 (H3-K9-HMTase 3; G9a) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease among others.
Among the companies to provide updates at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco was Vigil Neuroscience Inc., which has intrigued Wall Street more since the deal signed in December by Muna Therapeutics ApS, of Copenhagen, Denmark, with London-based GSK plc.
Roche AG’s disclosure in December that prasinezumab, partnered with Prothena plc, fell short of its primary phase IIb endpoint put the spotlight on microtubule binding region (MTBR)-targeting therapies in neurological disorders.
As 2025 makes its debut, one of the topics gaining momentum in health care is the diagnosis and potential treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, a scourge that threatens to overwhelm society and drain treatment budgets around the world. One company looking to find solutions to the oncoming neurodegenerative disease tsunami is privately held Sunbird Bio Inc., which is developing blood-based diagnostic platform for neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
Scientists at Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) have reported a novel multitarget-directed ligand (MTDL) targeting butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) with potential for development as an antioxidant and metal-chelating agent for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
Work at Beijing Normal University and affiliated organizations has led to the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel tau-PET radiotracer for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Neuroinflammation is a key feature of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome has been associated with the pathogenesis of AD, therefore, targeting NLRP3 may help reduce neuroinflammation and slow down the progression of AD.
Zhongzhi Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd. made a $3 million investment in a series A financing round of stem cell therapy developer Gabaeron Inc. Dec. 21, expected to help propel Gabaeron’s preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD) candidate into phase I testing.
