ALZPROTECT, a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, today announced that PAREXEL Biotech, a new division of PAREXEL International Corporation, has been selected to perform the clinical phase 2a development of AZP2006 for the treatment of PSP, a rare degenerative disease of the brain.
| LILLE, France, March 22, 2019 / B3C newswire / -- ALZPROTECT, a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, today announced that PAREXEL Biotech, a new division of PAREXEL International Corporation, has been selected to perform the clinical phase 2a development of AZP2006 for the treatment of PSP, a rare degenerative disease of the brain. PAREXEL Biotech will fulfill AlzProtect’s needs related to the completion of their Phase 2a clinical study from protocol writing to the coordination of patient recruitment. “It was important for us to work with an internationally renowned partner covering the full range of needs for our first phase 2a clinical trial,” said Philippe Verwaerde, president and scientific director of AlzProtect. “AlzProtect is committed to achieving Phase 2a results in complete confidence. With PAREXEL Biotech, we now have access to the expertise necessary to achieve this goal,” said Laurent Dupire COO of AlzProtect. “PAREXEL’S recently launched Biotech unit delivers innovative, customized offerings to the biotech community, building on our more than 20 years of experience in this area,” said Jim Anthony, Global Head of Biotech, PAREXEL. “Our collaboration with AlzProtect is a great example of how we can work together in a unique way, and we look forward to helping advance this important rare disease initiative.” About AlzProtect AlzProtect has 4 international patent families covering the medicines it develops and their indications worldwide. For more information : http://www.alzprotect.com/en – LinkedIn page – video presentation About AZP2006 About neurodegenerative diseases PSP is a tauopathy with predominant accumulation of Tau isoforms with four repeat motifs (4R). It is characterized by neurofibrillary degeneration and neuronal loss in the brainstem, basal ganglia, frontal motor and associative cortex. The disease causes brainstem damage that progressively affects balance, vision, mobility, swallowing and speech. The number of PSP cases in Europe and the United States is estimated at 30,000 and 25,000, respectively. The life expectancy in the patient with PSP is estimated between 5 and 7 years. There is no treatment, to date, to stop or slow down the disease. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia with an estimated 47 million patients worldwide in 2017, a figure that should increase to 75 million by 2030 or even 132 million by 2050 , according to the 2017 World Alzheimer Report. The pharmacological targets are Abeta protein, Tau protein and neuroinflammation. There is currently no reliable early diagnosis or treatment that can change the course of this disease: it is a major public health issue. Contact ALZPROTECT |
