Swiss biotech company Asceneuron said on Tuesday it had raised $100 million from investors including the controlling shareholder of Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk to fund clinical development of its Alzheimer’s disease drug.
The Series C round was led by Novo Holdings, the investment arm of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, which will hold a board seat on the Lausanne-based company.
Asceneuron’s lead experimental drug ASN51 is from a new class of drugs called O-GlcNAcase (OGA) inhibitors.
Source: REUTER
