Tiziana Life Sciences Announces Anti-CD3 mAb Research for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

31 March 2023 | Friday | News

Presented by Dr. Howard Weiner at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease and Related Neurological Disorders Conference in Sweden
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  • Data shows reduction of microglia activation and improvement in behavior in rodent model of Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
  • Modulation of neuroinflammation may be synergistic to existing treatments in AD

-- Tiziana Life Sciences Ltd. (Nasdaq: TLSA) (“Tiziana” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company developing breakthrough immunomodulation therapies via novel routes of drug delivery, today announced that Dr. Howard Weiner will present positive data from a study of intranasal anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease on April 1, 2023 at the AD/PD 2023 International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases and Related Neurological Disorders in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Howard L. Weiner, M.D., Co-Director of the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of Mass General Brigham, and Chairman of Tiziana's Scientific Advisory Board, stated, “I believe that the modulation of innate immunity via targeting microglia will play a synergistic role with the currently approved anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s treatments. Our research has demonstrated that intranasal rodent anti-CD3 mAb and intranasal fully human anti-CD3 mAb (foralumab) will decrease microglia activation in rodents and humans, respectively.”

“With the FDA approvals of aducanumab and lecanemab, there is a renewed focus on effective Alzheimer’s disease treatments and we have the potential to be a novel, first in class neuroinflammatory modulator,” commented Gabriele Cerrone, Executive Chairman and interim Chief Executive Officer of Tiziana. “Our unique intranasal approach has the potential that does not target beta-amyloid or other proteins, but focuses on the neuroinflammatory process itself, which may be complementary or synergistic with existing treatments.”

“Dr. Weiner’s lab continues to be at the forefront of neuroinflammatory research and we are fortunate to have a collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital to investigate the potential applications of foralumab,” stated Matthew W. Davis, M.D., RPh, Chief Medical Officer of Tiziana.

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