Industries BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalTherapeuticsDiversity Spotlight (US Headquarters Only) Women FoundedHeadquarters Regions East Coast, New England, Northeastern US Founded Date 2009 Founders Sylvia McBrinn Operating Status Active Last Funding Type Venture - Series Unknown
Company Type For Profit
Contact Email info@AxerionTherapeutics.com Phone Number 2032032389
Axerion Therapeutics, Inc. is a private Connecticut-based biotechnology company focused on developing innovative therapeutics for neurological diseases and injuries with significant unmet medical need, including Alzheimer’s disease and spinal cord injury.
Axerion was established in New Haven to develop and commercialize intellectual property
licensed from Dr. Stephen Strittmatter’s laboratory at Yale University. Axerion’s proprietary technology platforms include blockers of ß-amyloid (Aß) oligomers binding to Prion Proteins (PrP) on the cell surface of neurons as a novel therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease and Nogo Receptor decoy protein for recovery of neurological function in spinal cord injury and other neurological diseases.