Denali deals reflect confidence in neurodegenerative disease space

26 August 2016

Privately-held US biotech Denali Therapeutics has announced a series of previously undisclosed collaborations and licensing deals – including an agreement with Genentech, a unit of Swiss pharma giant Roche (ROG: SIX), over a Parkinson’s disease treatment.

A deal with UK-based biotech firm F-star on antibodies for the delivery of medicines across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) into the central nervous system (CNS) which could see Denali pay a total of $1 billion, is just one of several collaborations revealed.

Denali is developing a diverse portfolio, based on scientific insights into the genetic causes and biological processes underlying neurodegenerative disease.

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