Neurodegenerative Diseases

News

AC Immune's active immunotherapy study backs up the alpha-synuclein hypothesis in Parkinson's disease, after disappointments in earlier trials.

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VectorY has been cleared by the FDA to start human trials of a drug against a target implicated in up to 97% of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases.

R&D

On the emergence of brain organoids and the advent of automation, the latter being essential for high-throughput approaches drug development demands.

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Alector has abandoned latozinemab as a treatment for frontotemporal dementia, four years after GSK licensed the antibody in a $700m upfront deal.

R&D

A closer look at how clinical trials for Alzheimer’s have evolved and what this means for patients and sites, with Medidata and Cogstate.

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uniQure's gene therapy AMT-130 has cleared a trial in Huntington's, setting up filings and raising the prospect of a first treatment for the disease.