ProMIS Neurosciences Inc. (PMN:TSX; ARFXF:OTCQB) published a white paper, The Critical Importance of Selectivity When Developing Antibody Therapies for Alzheimer's Disease, in which it purports that targeting the disease's root cause, now believed to be the toxic oligomer form of amyloid beta, "is the most promising therapeutic approach," noted a news release.
The biotechnology firm is taking this very tack with various neurodegenerative diseases, not only Alzheimer's, working to identify the offending toxic oligomers associated with them and then develop antibody drugs that target those pathologic misfolded proteins.
In the white paper presentation, available on ProMIS' website, the company's chief medical officer Dr. James Kupiec indicated that researchers recently have shifted their thinking about the cause of Alzheimer's disease.
In the past, they suspected that forms of amyloid beta monomers and plaque, rather than the toxic oligomer form of amyloid beta, began the process of cell death that leads to the development of the disease's symptoms. "Recent scientific data indicate that a best-in-class antibody therapeutic for Alzheimer's disease should target toxic oligomers without binding to nontoxic forms of amyloid beta," Kupiec said.
He highlighted that ProMIS' lead drug candidate PMN310, for Alzheimer's disease, has that very mechanism of action. As shown in preclinical evaluations, it "strongly and preferentially binds the toxic oligomers from humans with Alzheimer's disease" in a highly selective manner, according to Kupiec. PMN310 does not bind to amyloid beta monomers or plaques or vascular deposits of amyloid, which, he noted, differentiates it from other therapeutic candidates in development.
Due to its selectivity, PMN310 should not cause dose-limiting side effects like brain swelling and should eliminate wasting doses on "superfluous "targets," Kupiec asserted. "Accordingly, we hope to demonstrate a greater clinical benefit than other amyloid beta-directed antibodies currently showing encouraging results in clinical trials."
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