Libra’s Senior Vice-President, Head of Research, Martin Gill, presented at the𝟭𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. The talk, titled "Small Molecule Activation of TRPML1 to Enhance Lysosome Function and Protein Clearance for the Therapeutic Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease," highlighted Libra’s novel therapeutic approach to clear out misfolded and toxic proteins that accumulate in the brain, with the goal of slowing disease progression. #neurodegenerativedisease #neurodegeneration #Parkinsons #smallmolecule #drugdiscovery #drugdevelopment #biotech
Libra Therapeutics
Biotechnology Research
San Diego, California 1,120 followers
Restoring Cellular Balance: Developing novel therapeutics for neurodegenerative disease
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Libra Therapeutics is focused on developing novel disease-modifying therapeutics that can restore the cellular balance disrupted in neurodegenerative diseases. These include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's disease, which are all characterized by cellular disequilibrium caused by the production and decreased clearance of neurotoxic proteins. The company’s therapeutic platform is uniquely positioned to discover and develop small molecule drugs with distinct molecular approaches that can 1) increase autophagy to more rapidly clear toxic proteins and 2) attenuate the production of neurotoxic proteins.
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- Biotechnology Research
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- 2-10 employees
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- San Diego, California
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- Privately Held
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- 2019
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Libra’s Chief Business Officer, Isaac Veinbergs, recently sat down with Brad Loncar of BiotechTV while he was at the NYSE. Isaac discussed Libra’s novel therapeutic approach to clear out misfolded and toxic proteins that accumulate in the brain, with the goal of slowing disease progression for a number of neurodegenerative diseases. He also shared more about moving into IND-enabling toxicology studies next month for our lead program LBR-2950, with plans to start clinical development in the second half of next year. Check out the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/gW2xqYga #neurodegenerativedisease #neurodegeneration #ALS #dementia #Alzheimers #Parkinsons #Huntingtons #smallmolecule #drugdiscovery #drugdevelopment #biotech