Athira Pharma presented a poster titled “Targeting Neurotrophic HGF Signaling for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders” at the recently, concluded American Academy of Neurology 2024 Annual Meeting, held in Denver, Colorado. It highlighted preclinical data supporting the development of Athira's pipeline of small molecule candidates targeting the neurotrophic hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) system, including fosgonimeton for Alzheimer’s disease, ATH-1105 for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and ATH-1020 for Parkinson’s disease.
The current treatment regime for Alzheimer’s is mostly symptomatic with only one approved disease-modifying therapy, which is also...