Joe and his Wife, Karen, shared their journey and shed light on the hope that innovative therapies like Foralumab offer for individuals battling moderate Alzheimer’s, a condition that currently has no cure and limited treatment options.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tiziana Life Sciences, Ltd. (Nasdaq: TLSA) (“Tiziana” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company developing breakthrough immunomodulation therapies with its lead development candidate, intranasal foralumab, a fully human, anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody, today announced that its investigational drug, intranasal foralumab, was featured on a prominent News Channel. The segment highlighted the experiences of the first patient dosed in the company’s expanded access program for moderate Alzheimer’s disease.
In the segment, Joe and his Wife, Karen, shared their journey and shed light on the hope that innovative therapies like Foralumab offer for individuals battling moderate Alzheimer’s, a condition that currently has no cure and limited treatment options.
Dr. Howard Weiner, Co-director of the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of Mass General Brigham healthcare system commented “Foralumab, administered via a novel intranasal delivery method, aims to target immune system dysregulation associated with Alzheimer's disease, potentially slowing disease progression and improving cognitive function. The recent coverage in the News underscores the growing recognition of Foralumab's promise in the field of neurodegenerative diseases.”
Foralumab’s mechanism of action involves modulating the immune system to reduce inflammation, which has been linked to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s. The expanded access program enables patients who do not have access to clinical trials to receive this promising treatment as part of a compassionate use initiative.
Microglial activation is increasingly recognized as a critical component of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s, secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and Parkinson’s disease. In Alzheimer’s, this activation contributes to the pathogenesis alongside increased beta-amyloid and tau protein levels. Cognitive dysfunction in AD has been linked to both tau accumulation and microglial activation, highlighting the need for treatments beyond amyloid-targeting therapies.
Nasal foralumab, a fully human anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody, has shown efficacy in dampening microglial activation through the induction of Tregs, which travel to the brain and modulate neuroinflammation. This therapeutic effect has been validated in animal models and observed in subjects with secondary progressive MS. Nasal foralumab also holds promise as a potential adjunctive therapy that addresses a major component of AD pathogenesis not targeted by anti-amyloid therapies.
About Foralumab
Foralumab, a fully human anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody, is a biological drug candidate that has been shown to stimulate T regulatory cells when dosed intranasally. At present, 10 patients with Non-Active Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (na-SPMS) have been dosed in an open-label intermediate sized Expanded Access (EA) Program with either an improvement or stability of disease seen within 6 months in all patients. The FDA has recently allowed an additional 20 patients to be enrolled in this EA program. In addition, intranasal foralumab is currently being studied in a Phase 2a, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter, dose-ranging trial in patients with non-active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (NCT06292923).
Activated T cells play an important role in the inflammatory process. Foralumab, the only fully human anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (mAb) currently in clinical development, binds to the T cell receptor and dampens inflammation by modulating T cell function, thereby suppressing effector features in multiple immune cell subsets. This effect has been observed in patients with COVID and with multiple sclerosis, as well as in healthy normal subjects. The non-active SPMS intranasal foralumab Phase 2 trial (NCT06292923) began screening patients in November of 2023. Immunomodulation by nasal anti-CD3 mAb represents a novel avenue for treatment of neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative human diseases.[1],[2]
About Tiziana Life Sciences
Tiziana Life Sciences is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing breakthrough therapies using transformational drug delivery technologies to enable alternative routes of immunotherapy. Tiziana’s innovative nasal approach has the potential to provide an improvement in efficacy as well as safety and tolerability compared to intravenous (IV) delivery. Tiziana’s lead candidate, intranasal foralumab, which is the only fully human anti-CD3 mAb currently in clinical development, has demonstrated a favorable safety profile and clinical response in patients in studies to date. Tiziana’s technology for alternative routes of immunotherapy has been patented with several applications pending and is expected to allow for broad pipeline applications.
For more information about Tiziana Life Sciences and its innovative pipeline of therapies, please visit www.tizianalifesciences.com.
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