Janssen Extends its Research and Licensing Agreement with SVI to Develop Therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease

 Janssen Extends its Research and Licensing Agreement with SVI to Develop Therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease

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  • SVI to receive development milestones, royalties and option exercise fee. Janssen to exercise its option and will be responsible for all development of small molecule modulators of microglial function and inflammation for Alzheimer’s disease
  • In Aug’2017, Janssen collaborated with SVI to develop & commercialize small molecule modulators of microglial function and inflammation focusing the reduction in amyloid plaque burden and Alzheimer’s disease severity
  • The collaboration was facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation and applied smart approaches to drug design utilizing the information about proteins structure as protein are considered as the building blocks and controls all function of the body

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