A Series A financing round, led by Deerfield Management, is aimed at accelerating a new cell therapy modality for the treatment of neurological disorders, including Parkinson’s Disease.
4D Pharma says the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its IND application for the first in-human trial to use Live Biotherapeutics (LBPs) for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Live biotherapeutic product (LBP) developer, 4D Pharma, which has been NASDAQ listed since March this year, has announced positive topline results for the first part of its Phase I/II trial of an LBP strain for the treatment of asthma.
The Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative, built using Evidation Health’s research platform, aims to triple enrollment and recruit online participants.
AC Immune will acquire Affiris’ portfolio of therapeutics targeting alpha-synuclein (a-syn), which includes a vaccine candidate for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Reaching the central nervous system is a difficult task, and getting a high enough dose to it poses an issue as well, but innovations are well underway to bridge a path across the blood-brain barrier.
