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New Player Joins Search For Effective Huntington's Therapies

LoQus23 Looks To Tackle Neurodegenerative Disease

 
• By Kevin Grogan

Despite recent setbacks for Roche and Wave's respective antisense offerings, both those two firms and a number of other companies are trying a variety of approaches to find a treatment for Huntington's.

Confused undecided businessman watches the complicated road
Huntington's drug development difficult to navigate • Source: Archive

Hopes of a breakthrough in Huntington’s disease have been dashed a number of times, not least this year, but the emergence from stealth mode of a UK biotech backed by Novartis AG's venture arm could provide some optimism down the line for patients with the fatal, inherited neurodegenerative disorder.

LoQus23 Therapeutics has closed a £7m ($9.3m) extended seed round this week after securing financing from the Novartis Venture...

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