BioArctic announces start of Phase 1 study of ABBV-0805 for Parkinson’s disease
Stockholm, Sweden, March 13, 2019 – BioArctic AB (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: BIOA B) announced today that the first clinical study with ABBV-0805 has started in the U.S. AbbVie is responsible for the clinical development of ABBV-0805. The Phase 1 study in healthy volunteers will investigate the safety and tolerability of ABBV-0805. ABBV-0805 is the most advanced within the portfolio of alpha-synuclein targeting antibodies in-licensed by AbbVie from BioArctic in December 2018. The antibody is being evaluated as a disease modifying treatment for Parkinson’s disease. ABBV-0805 is a result