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TauRx To File First Tau-Targeting Drug For Alzheimer’s Following Additional Pivotal Data

 
• By Ayisha Sharma

After previous late-stage setbacks, the Singaporean firm TauRx’s tau aggregation inhibitor asset has succeeded in a pivotal Alzheimer’s disease trial with promising new biomarker data sparking plans for regulatory filings in the US and UK.  

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Key Takeaways:

  • New data showed HMTM reduced blood concentration of neurofilament light chain by 93%.

TauRx Therapeutics Ltd. is planning to file its anti-tau drug candidate, hydromethylthionine mesylate (HMTM), for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease following data from the Phase III LUCIDITY trial amidst a broader positive change in direction for the novel approach.

HMTM is a second-generation inhibitor of tau protein aggregation – a key driver of Alzheimer’s – designed to block the...

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