Innovative stem cell therapy could be "game changer" in epilepsy

9 February 2024

Regenerative cell therapy specialist Neurona Therapeutics has raised $120 million in a financing round co-led by Viking Global Investors and Cormorant Asset Management.

Neurona is targeting neurological disorders including mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), a common type of focal epilepsy where there remains a level of unmet medical need.

Lead candidate NRTX-1001 is a regenerative neural cell therapy candidate, derived from human pluripotent stem cells, which is delivered as a one-time dose.

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