Lundbeck Acquires Rights to Develop Foliglurax Therapy Candidate to Treat Parkinson’s

Lundbeck will acquire the biopharmaceutical Prexton Therapeutics, obtaining the development and commercialization rights to foliglurax (PTX002331), an investigational therapy currently in Phase 2 trials for Parkinson’s disease. Foliglurax is a small molecule modulator that activates nerve cells with a set of specific glutamate receptors called mGluR4, and compensates…

Prexton Therapeutics Initiates Phase 2 Trial of Foliglurax for Parkinson’s Patients

Prexton Therapeutics has initiated a new Phase 2 clinical trial to assess the safety and effectiveness of its investigational therapy Foliglurax (PXT002331) in Parkinson’s disease patients treated with levodopa, but who are experiencing end-of-dose wearing off and levodopa-induced dyskinesia (involuntary movements). Levodopa is the most important first-line medication for the management of Parkinson’s,…