Biohaven Pharmaceuticals Inc. has presented preclinical data on their novel bispecific degrader BHV-1310 for the potential treatment of autoimmune disorders. To date, about 10% of the global population is affected by autoimmune diseases. IgG-lowering agents have suboptimal pharmacology and pharmacodynamic effects and have safety and tolerability challenges.

Researchers from Tridem Bioscience GmbH & Co. KG provided details on the development of TRB-001, an anti-α-synuclein construct consisting of a B-cell epitope derived from human α-synuclein (SNCA), conjugated to CRM197 and C-type lectin (CLEC) β-glucan.

Researchers from AC Immune SA recently presented the discovery of ACI-21018, a novel α-synuclein aggregation inhibitor developed using AC Immune’s proprietary Morphomer platform.

Neurizon Therapeutics Ltd. has presented preclinical data on their compound NUZ-001 for the potential treatment of neurological disorders.

The specific tau isoforms, such as 3-repeat (3R) and 4-repeat (4R) isoforms, and the distinct conformational strains that misfolded tau can adopt are determinants of the molecular and clinical heterogeneity observed across tauopathies.

Neddylation is a post-translational modification that conjugates the NEDD8 protein to protein substrates, such as the cullins, which once neddylated join complex to form cullin-RING ubiquitin E3 ligases (CRLs), which in turn play a crucial role in regulating proteasomal degradation. The University of Kentucky has presented preclinical data on their neddylation inhibitor TK-59 as a cancer therapeutic.

Researchers from Voyager Therapeutics Inc. presented preclinical activity data of VY-1706, a blood-brain barrier (BBB)-penetrant gene therapy comprising an adeno-associated virus serotype 9 capsid (AAV9-C9P39) vector encoding primary artificial microRNA (pri-amiRNA) consisting of short-interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting human microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) protein.