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Alzamend Neuro Submits IND Application For Phase I/IIA Trial For An Immunotherapy (ALZN002) To Treat Mild To Moderate Dementia Of The Alzheimer's Type

Benzinga Real-time News ·  Sep 29, 2022 08:02

Alzamend Neuro, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALZN) ("Alzamend"), an early clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel products for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease ("Alzheimer's"), bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder ("MDD") and post-traumatic stress disorder ("PTSD"), today announced that it submitted an investigational new drug ("IND") application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for its immunotherapy product candidate ALZN002. The product candidate is designed to treat mild to moderate dementia of the Alzheimer's type. ALZN002 is a proprietary "active" immunotherapy product, which means it is produced by each patient's immune system. It consists of autologous dendritic cells ("DCs") that are activated white blood cells taken from each individual patient so that they can be engineered outside of the body to attack Alzheimer's-related amyloid-beta proteins. These DCs are pulsed with a novel amyloid-beta peptide (E22W) designed to bolster the ability of the patient's immune system to combat Alzheimer's; the goal being to foster tolerance to treatment for safety purposes while stimulating the immune system to reduce the brain's beta-amyloid protein burden, resulting in reduced Alzheimer's signs and symptoms. Compared to passive immunization treatment approaches that use foreign blood products (such as monoclonal antibodies), active immunization with ALZN002 is anticipated to offer a more robust and long-lasting effect on the clearance of amyloid. This could provide a safer approach due to its reliance on autologous immune components, using each individual patient's own white blood cells rather than foreign cells and/or blood products.

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