Eisai Co. Ltd. and Biogen Inc. presented the full data set for the Clarity Alzheimer’s disease trial of lecanemab at the 2022 Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease, which was simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The data supported the top-line results released in September 2022.
Researchers have identified a link between amyloid plaques and dysfunctional neuronal conduction in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Their study, which was published in the Dec. 1, 2022, issue of Nature, suggests new ways to think about AD, as well as badly needed potential alternatives to plaque removal to fight the disease.
The shadow of two reported patients’ deaths hovers over Eisai Co Ltd. and Biogen Inc.’s Alzheimer’s disease treatment, lecanemab, as the companies prepare to present phase III study data on the drug later today at the 15th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease conference.
Rgenta Therapeutics Inc.’s $52 million in a series A money will let the RNA-focused firm pursue its small-molecule drug efforts “for the next two or three years,” as candidates in cancer and neurology make their ways toward the clinic, said co-founder and CEO Simon Xi. “We’ll go where the science leads us,” he told BioWorld, adding that the cash on hand is sufficient to complete a phase I study.
Cajal Neuroscience Inc., a startup seeking new targets to use in medicines for neurodegeneration, has launched with the completion of a $96 million series A financing led by The Column Group and Lux Capital. The company, inspired by the pioneering work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, is focused on the "mechanistic, spatial and temporal complexity of neurodegeneration" to determine "how, where and when different mechanisms contribute to disease."
Axsome Therapeutics Inc.’s AXS-05 (dextromethorphan + bupropion) has notched another success by hitting its phase III primary endpoint in treating a notoriously difficult Alzheimer’s disease (AD) indication when compared to placebo. Newly released data from the Accord study showed AXS-05, an oral, NMDA receptor antagonist with multimodal activity, statistically significantly delayed time to relapse of AD agitation vs. placebo (p=0.014), which was the primary endpoint.
Avenue Therapeutics Inc.’s takeover of Baergic Bio Inc. pursuant to the previously disclosed share contribution agreement with its parent company, Fortress Biotech Inc., highlighted the potential of targeting GABAA, an approach under investigation in various quarters.
Tenacia Biotechnology Co. Ltd. has acquired exclusive greater China rights to certain formulations of Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s seizure therapy, ganaxolone (Ztalmy), in a deal worth up to $266 million.
As Wall Street waits to find out later this year whether Stoke Therapeutics Inc.’s positive results with a low, single dose of STK-001 for Dravet syndrome pans out in more extensive research, a number of players large and small are investigating candidates for the rare but dismal form of epilepsy.
Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. has inked a licensing agreement picking rights to develop Idorsia Ltd.’s insomnia treatment in greater China, in exchange for a $30 million up-front payment.
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