Following years of preparation, scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital are ready to start a clinical trial that will evaluate the use of an intranasal vaccine to prevent Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. inked a deal to license and develop two of MODAG GmbH’s compounds in neurodegenerative disease.
Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. is acquiring Adamas Pharmaceuticals Inc. for about $400 million as the Rockville, Maryland-based company is expanding its portfolio of treatments for Parkinson’s disease and reducing reliance on the drugmaker’s top-selling epilepsy medicine, Trokendi XR.
Fresh out of the gates with $500 million in financing, neuroscience-focused Neumora Therapeutics forged a strategic partnership with Amgen to develop and commercialize assets owned by the pharma giant, targeting casein kinase 1 delta and glucocerebrosidase for neurodegenerative diseases.
Swiss pharma giant Roche announced a partnership with Shape Therapeutics valued at more than $3 billion that will attempt to harness the Seattle-based company’s RNA editing platform to take on neurodegenerative diseases as well as others.
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, the research unit of New York State health care provider Northwell Health, may have found a way to control neurons that drive inflammation.
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals announced an infusion of $135 million in Series C funds to support the late-stage development of the Boston-based company’s lead candidate, AMX0035, for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Biogen Inc. on July 8 said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration narrowed use of the company’s Alzheimer’s drug after the regulatory agency drew sharp criticism for its broad approval of the drug in June 2021 without proof of clear benefit against the disease.
GlaxoSmithKline Plc and U.S. firm Alector Inc. will together develop antibody-based treatments for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other similar diseases in a deal worth up to $2.2 billion, the drugmakers said on July 2.
Four biotech companies announced Series A rounds: Vita Therapeutics, NuvoAir, Enveda Biosciences, and ImmuneID.
