AbbVie Inc. is looking to carve a wider path into the neurology space, and is hoping a new collaboration with UK biotech Mission Therapeutics Ltd. will help it to steal a march on the development of deubiquitylating enzymes (DUB) inhibitors for use in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
AbbVie Explores Uncharted Territory With DUB Inhibitor Neuroscience Deal
AbbVie has added Mission Therapeutics to its preclinical partnership roster with a neurology deal to develop DUB inhibitors in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
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