Author: Michael

Company targets Phase 2 trial of oral Alzheimer’s drug that inhibits the activity of microglia to combat neuroinflammation. US biotech NeuroTherapia has secured $12.3 million in the first close of a Series B financing round to progress its mission to tackle central nervous system diseases, with an initial focus on Alzheimer’s. While many companies are targeting the removal of toxic proteins like beta amyloid, tau and alpha synuclein, the Cleveland Clinic spinout is addressing neuroinflammation, a factor increasingly recognized as crucial in the progression of CNS diseases. NeuroTherapia’s focus is on developing orally available small-molecule drugs that inhibit the activity…

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