This week the neuroscience world lost one if its finest with the passing of Prof. Nir Giladi. Prilenia is deeply saddened by the loss of one of our earliest collaborators and friend. He will be sorely missed by all of us, and by everyone he worked with throughout his illustrious career, making a difference to everything he touched. We extend our condolences to his family.
Prilenia
Biotechnology Research
Boston, Massachusetts 6,943 followers
Dedicated to developing new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases and neurodevelopmental disorders.
About us
Prilenia is a clinical-stage biotech company focused on developing novel treatments for neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. Our lead asset is Pridopidine, a first-in-class oral drug candidate with an established safety profile and potential in multiple movement disorders and neurodegenerative diseases affecting adults and children. Pridopidine is currently being evaluated for the treatment of Huntington’s disease in our global Phase 3 PROOF-HD trial, and for the treatment of ALS in the Phase 2/3 HEALEY platform trial. The company is led by Dr. Michael Hayden, MD, PhD, the founder of five biotech companies and previous President of Global R&D and Chief Scientific Officer at Teva. Michael has directed the development of multiple innovative drug products, leading to 35 approvals between 2012-2018. The Company is based in Naarden, the Netherlands, Herzliya, Israel and Boston, MA in the U.S.
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- Industry
- Biotechnology Research
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2018
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Boston, Massachusetts, US
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Herzliya, Israel, IL
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Naarden, NL
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While Huntington’s disease is life limiting, Brianna is committed to living life to its fullest. While pursuing a Master’s degree in biological research, she has also been skydiving, trained with a circus, and has flown airplanes. Read about Brianna: https://lnkd.in/e8MdsFZY
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It's been a busy start to December with both The International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations - Alliance Meeting and Professional Forum and the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association 35th International Symposium on ALS/MND taking place! With the desperate need for new understanding and treatment options for #ALS / #MND, it is fantastic to see research professionals from across the world coming together to share the knowledge and ideas needed to make the progress the community so urgently requires. Thank you to all those working so hard to move this field forward and to those running expanded access programs that are a key part of the research and treatment process - to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gM-7S5kM
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While living with Huntington’s disease can be overwhelming, for Brianna it set her life on course. Read her story: https://lnkd.in/e8MdsFZY
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Exciting to see Prilenia's Andrés Cruz-Herranz, M.D., Ph.D. providing an update on the progress we are making to bring new treatment options to people with #Huntingtonsdisease in Italy, Europe and across the world, at the annual meeting of the Lega Italiana Ricerca Huntington-LIRH in Rome!
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Wishing everyone attending the European Huntington's Disease Network (EHDN) UK and Ireland HD Network Meeting 2024, today and tomorrow, a hugely successful and inspiring meeting (hopefully contributed to by Prilenia's presentation outlining the progress being made to impact measures of disease progression)! To lean more about the Huntington's Disease Network visit https://lnkd.in/dU33E9TJ
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"After taking a few years to process this new normal, I decided to get involved with the community by hosting fundraisers and raising awareness about HD." Prilenia's Seth Rotberg, MNM talks about his own, very relevant, journey in patient advocacy: https://lnkd.in/dHsARSDa
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As an autosomal dominant condition, a child has a 50% chance of inheriting Huntington’s disease from a parent. Learn more about Brianna’s journey facing a future diagnosis of HD: https://lnkd.in/dp2qc3bt
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Prilenia reposted this
Huntington’s disease is a rare genetic condition that causes nerve cells in the brain to decay over time. 🧠 The therapeutic field has been riddled with trial failures and abandoned studies. Only yesterday, Sage Therapeutics binned its once-promising Huntington’s program. 🗑️ 🔎 However, with the EMA’s ongoing review of Prilenia’ pridopidine and recent encouraging results for uniQure’s AMT-130, Wave Life Sciences’ WVE-003, and Roche and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’ tominersen, effective treatments seem to be on their way. 🛣️ Read our latest article to find out what treatments are in store to treat the genetic condition! 👇 https://lnkd.in/dAi4nyaq #huntingtonsdisease #rarediseases #geneticdisorders #genetictherapies #therapeuticadvances #biotechinnovation #neurologicalresearch
Huntington’s disease: a therapeutic field on a bumpy ride
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Prilenia reposted this
Thank you to all of our sponsors for continuing to support the HD community. #letstalkabouthd