MedCity News July 16, 2024
Novo Holdings led Asceneuron’s $100 million Series C financing. The Merck Serono spinout’s lead program is an oral small molecule designed to prevent aggregation of tau protein in neurodegenerative disorders.
Alzheimer’s disease patients can now choose between new two intravenously infused therapies that work by breaking up plaques of amyloid protein in the brain. Asceneuron takes a different approach with oral therapies that address the buildup of tau, a protein that’s also associated with the neurodegenerative disorder. The biotech now has $100 million to advance its lead program to Phase 2 testing.
The Series C financing announced Tuesday was led by Novo Holdings, the company that manages the assets of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the controlling shareholder of metabolic drug...
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