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Lille (France), on 6th March 2023, Alzprotect , a biotechnology company focused on developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, announced the appointment of Dr. Olivier Defert as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Dr. Defert brings over 20 years of experience in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, having held leadership positions in several companies. He is a highly qualified medicinal chemist who has held leadership positions at BioVersys SAS and Tarsier Pharma, among others. He fou...
Lille (France), 16 February 2023 – Alzprotect, the French biopharmaceutical company, announces the extension of its Phase 2a clinical trials of its drug candidate for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a neurodegenerative disease similar to Alzheimer's disease, which severely impacts balance, eye movements, cognition and, in the more advanced stages of the disease, the ability to swallow. The initial C04 study (a randomised, blinded study comparing two doses of AZP2006 to placebo) showed posi...
Lille (France), 20 September 2022 – On the eve of world Alzheimer’s day, Alzprotect, a biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, announces the completion of the phase 2a clinical trial evaluating its platform asset, AZP2006 (“EZEPROGIND”) in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a rare neurodegenerative disease, sharing key features with Alzheimer’s disease, and which seriously impacts balance, eye movement, cognition, and in the latter stage of the disease,...
Lille, France – June 1st 2022 – Alzprotect, a French biopharmaceutical company involved in the development of new therapeutic solutions in the neurodegenerative diseases area, today announced it has been awarded a USD $338,000 grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to develop the first-in-class brain penetrant small molecule targeting Progranulin (PGRN). This grant will further expand Alzprotect’s research efforts to develop AZP2006 (INN Ezeprogind) into a new t...
France, Lille - 5 th April 2022 - Alzprotect, a French biopharmaceutical company specialised in the development of new therapeutic solutions for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular Alzheimer's disease, appoints Dr Susanna Del Signore as Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Dr Susanna Del Signore has over 20 years of experience in research and development (R&D) in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in the field of neurology. She has been a project leader, attaining the posit...
Lille (France), January 20th, 2022 – ALZPROTECT , a biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced it has completed patient enrollment for the Company’s phase 2a clinical trial evaluating its platform asset, AZP2006 (“EZEPROGIND”) in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a rare neurodegenerative disorder which seriously impacts walking, balance, eye movement, and in the latter stage of the disease, the ability to swallow. This PSP trial, which is...
Lille (France), June 22nd, 2021 - ALZPROTECT, a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, announced today that Dr. John Tchelingerian has joined the Board of Directors of Alzprotect. Alzprotect is financed by the Xerys Funds. Dr John Tchelingerian is a serial entrepreneur in life sciences. As a veteran of the industry, he co-founded and/or lead several biotech companies as CEO or Chairman & CEO. He raised a total of over €200 million...
Lille (France), May 11th - Alzprotect, biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic solutions for neurodegenerative diseases, and the Adolphe de Rothschild Foundation Hospital announced today the signing of a collaboration agreement. This first materializes with the opening in Paris, within the Rothschild Foundation Hospital of the 3rd clinical center, as part of the phase 2a trial aimed at evaluating the safety of the main drug candidate of the company, EZEPROGIND (AZP2006) for the treatmen...
Lille (France), April 8th, 2021 – Alzprotect , a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic solutions for neurodegenerative diseases announces today today hat it has established its US based subsidiary, Alzprotect US Inc . in Boston, Massachusetts, in line with its international development strategy. This new subsidiary of Alzprotect is situated in Boston. The world’s ten largest biopharma companies have a presence in Massachusetts, making it an ideal location for scientific and technologi...