Vivoryon Therapeutics N.V

Vivoryon Therapeutics AG, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the research and development of therapeutic products for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Its pipeline products target toxic pyroglutamate-Abeta (pGlu-Abeta), which inhibits the production of pGlu-Abeta. The company's lead product candidate is PQ912, a small molecule QC inhibitor that has completed Phase IIb clinical trials for use in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; and for the treatment of cancer. Its preclinical development products is PQ1565, a small molecule glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase-like inhibitor for the treatment of cancer. In addition, the company is developing a monoclonal antibody targeting pGlu-Abeta to enhance its clearance. Vivoryon Therapeutics AG has a research collaboration agreement with University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein to discover and develop therapeutics in cancer immunotherapy; collaboration agreement with Nordic Bioscience for the clinical development of PQ912 for Alzheimer's disease; and research collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for cell therapy and immunology. The company was formerly known as Probiodrug AG and changed its name to Vivoryon Therapeutics AG in June 2019. Vivoryon Therapeutics AG was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Halle, Germany.