Category: News

The Power of Partnership. Switzerland and China set an Example.

In this video, Professor Jean-Marc Burgunder, head of the Huntington’s Disease (HD) centre in Bern Switzerland, and Xi Cao, President of the Chinese HD Association talk about the benefits of […]

Livable Lives – a new book that highlights stories from people impacted by HD around the world

PRESS RELEASE – October 25, 2024, Moscow, Idaho, USAWe are pleased to announce the launch of a new book about Huntington’s disease (HD) called, Livable Lives: Conversations with the Huntington’s […]

LoQus23 Therapeutics announces £35 million financing to advance a new drug aimed at inhibiting somatic expansion in Huntington’s Disease

Cambridge, UK, 2 October 2024 – LoQus23 Therapeutics Ltd (“LoQus23”), a private biotechnology company investigating small molecule drugs that could stop DNA instability and slow neurodegeneration in Huntington’s Disease, myotonic dystrophy […]

FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to PTC518 Huntington’s Disease Program

PTC518 is an oral medication that reduces the production of the mutated Huntingtin protein that causes disease progression.   Programs with Fast Track designation can benefit from early interactions with the FDA, and may be […]

Prilenia’s Pridopidine for Huntington’s Disease Accepted for European Marketing Authorisation Review

Prilenia, a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the urgent mission to develop novel therapeutics to slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases and neurodevelopmental disorders, has filed a European Marketing […]

IROS, Prilenia and International Huntington’s Disease Association collaborate on first-ever Huntington’s disease (HD) trial in the MENA region

Abu Dhabi, UAE; June 19, 2024: IROS, an Abu Dhabi-based contract research organization (part of the M42 group), has partnered with Prilenia Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech company, and the International […]

uniQure Announces Positive Interim Data Update Demonstrating Slowing of Disease Progression in Phase I/II Trials of AMT-130 for HD

“We are very pleased with these new data demonstrating a statistically significant, dose-dependent slowing of the progression of Huntington’s disease and lowering of NfL in the CSF at 24 months,” […]

Wave Life Sciences Announces Positive Results from Phase 1b/2a SELECT-HD Trial with First Clinical Demonstration of Allele-Selective Mutant Huntingtin Lowering in Huntington’s Disease

Today, Wave Life Sciences announced positive results from SELECT-HD, our Phase 1b/2a placebo-controlled trial evaluating the investigational therapy WVE-003. These results demonstrate that WVE-003 selectively lowers toxic, mutant huntingtin (mHTT) […]

PTC today announced promising 12 month results from their Phase 2 PIVOT-HD study of oral PTC518  

At Month 12, mutant Huntingtin (mHTT) in the blood was lowered by 22% and 43% respectively for 5mg and 10mg doses. A similar result was seen in cerebrospinal fluid, where […]

Sage Therapeutics Phase 2 Study Reinforces Cognitive Impact of Huntington’s Disease

Earlier this week Sage Therapeutics announced the results of their SURVEYOR study which quantified the cognitive impact of Huntington’s Disease.  Using the HD-Cognitive Assessment Battery (HD-CAB) they measured the difference […]