PTC Therapeutics Enters into a Global License and Collaboration Agreement with Novartis for PTC518 Huntington’s Disease Program

December 2, 2024 – PTC to receive $1.0B in cash at closing –– PTC is eligible to receive up to $1.9B in development, regulatory and sales milestones –– PTC to share profits in the U.S. and tiered double-digit royalties on ex-U.S. net sales –– Novartis will assume global development, manufacturing and commercial responsibilities following completion of placebo-controlled portion of Read more…

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 type 1 and similar triplet repeat expansion diseases, today announces the successful close of its £35 million (c.$43 million) Series Read more…

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 Authorization Application (MAA) with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for pridopidine as a treatment for Huntington’s disease (HD). An MAA Read more…

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,” stated Walid Abi-Saab, M.D., chief medical officer of uniQure. “We believe this is the first clinical trial of any investigational medicine Read more…

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) protein and preserves healthy, wild-type huntingtin (wtHTT) protein for individuals with Huntington’s disease. Trial ResultsIn the analysis, it was compared Read more…

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 between 29 healthy volunteers and 40 participants with HD.   As a secondary outcome the study measured the safety and tolerability Read more…

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