NLS Pharmaceutics Ltd. has entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Aexon Labs Inc. granting NLS the opportunity to acquire global development and commercialization rights to Aexon’s next-generation nonsulfonamide dual orexin receptor agonists platform.
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings expanded its blood biomarker test portfolio for Alzheimer’s disease, making its pTau217 test available by prescription in the U.S. as well as for research globally. The standalone test can also be used in monitoring patients undergoing treatment for the neurodegenerative disease.
Kv1.3 is a voltage-gated potassium channel that plays a crucial role in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease and other disorders. Preclinical studies have shown that Kv1.3 inhibition confers neuroprotection against neurodegenerative disorders.
Alterations in mitochondrial dynamics are hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and other neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
The small-molecule steroid sulfatase (STS) inhibitor STX-64 (ONESTX-1, irosustat) previously showed a good safety and tolerability profile in several phase I and II clinical trials that evaluated the candidate for oncology indications.
At the 2024 Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Diseases Conference this week, Michel Goedert from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge gave the Donald L. Price Memorial Plenary Lecture entitled, “Cryo-EM structures of disease filaments from human brains.” Donald Price was particularly well-known for his work on plaques and tangles in nonhuman aged primate brains and for the development of several animal models of neurodegenerative diseases.
China State Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry and Jiangsu Nhwa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have jointly described aromatic heterocyclic cyclohexyl aminoalkyl piperidine derivatives acting as serotonin 5-HT1A and/or dopamine D2 and/or D3 receptor agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Biovie Inc.’s double-barrelled blast of positive data with insulin sensitizer NE-3107 in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) launched shares (NASDAQ:BIVI) on a wild ride to close March 1 at $2.23, up 99 cents, or almost 80%, after trading as high as $3.31.