[18F]MK-8553 is a high affinity, selective OGA inhibitor with properties suitable for imaging OGA and determining central enzyme occupancy in both preclinical and clinical studies. Currently [18F]MK‐8553 is being utilized in humans as a PET tracer to assess CNS target engagement to select a dose for clinical proof of concept trials with a small molecule [...]
Advances Novel Tau-directed Strategy for Treating Neurodegenerative Disease Phase 1 Clinical Trial Completed Vancouver, British Columbia (April 20, 2016) – Alectos Therapeutics Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to OGA inhibitor MK-8719 for the treatment of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Alectos also announced completion of [...]
Apr 18, 2016 – Alectos Therapeutics partner Merck, known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, today disclosed preclinical data for potential clinical biomarker [18F]-MK-6240, a highly selective and specific tau PET tracer useful as an imaging agent for quantification of neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). A pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, as well as several other neurodegenerative [...]
Feb 11, 2016 – Alectos today announced its support for NSERC funding for the group of Prof. A.J. Bennet at Simon Fraser University, Department of Chemistry, in a project titled “Fundamental Studies on the Biochemical Mechanism of Chemical Chaperoning of Glucocerebrosidase”. Parkinson's disease is a worldwide health problem that has been linked to deficiencies in [...]
Feb 17, 2015 – Alectos today announced its support as an industry partner in the new Canadian Glycomics Network (GlycoNet), unveiled this month by Minister of Health Rona Ambrose with a commitment of $27.3 million in federal funding over five years. GlycoNet’s vision is to link academic, government and industry partners to deliver solutions to [...]
Vancouver, British Columbia (December 12, 2014) – Alectos Therapeutics Inc. today announced the initiation of a Phase I clinical trial in its collaboration with Merck, known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, to identify and develop compounds that modulate O-linked N-acetylglucosaminidase (OGA), an enzyme that is believed to be involved in the development of [...]
Oct 26, 2014 – Alectos today announced publication of preclinical studies showing that pharmacological inhibition of O-GlcNAcase (OGA) prevents cognitive decline and amyloid plaque formation in the TAPP mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. For details, see: Yuzwa, S.A. et al. Mol Neurodegener 9:42 (2014).
Oct 6, 2014 – Alectos today announced its support for NSERC funding for the group of Prof. M.J. Boulanger at the University of Victoria, Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology, in a project titled “Cloning and expression of human glucocerebrosidase”. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a worldwide health problem that is characterized by the buildup of abnormal [...]
Vancouver, British Columbia (November 16, 2012) – Alectos Therapeutics Inc. today announced the achievement of a preclinical milestone in its research collaboration with Merck, known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, to identify and develop compounds that modulate O-linked N-acetylglucosaminidase (OGA), an enzyme that is believed to be involved in the development of Alzheimer’s [...]