Cambridge, Massachusetts-based QurAlis has dosed the first patient with the biotherapeutic QRL-201 in a Phase 1 clinical trial (ANQUR) in Canada. QRL-201 is a novel therapy targeting the restoration of STATHMIN-2 (STMN2) expression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. QurAlis believes ANQUR the first study to evaluate such a treatment. Stathmin-2 (STMN2), also known as…
QurAlis selects development candidate for ALS
Privately-held biotech QurAlis plans to begin clinical development for the first-in-class molecule QRL-201 for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the second half of 2022. QRL-201 is now the subject of IND-enabling studies. The drug candidate targets the restoration of STATHMIN-2 (STMN2) expression in ALS. STMN2 is a protein encoded by the STMN2 gene that is involved in…