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Biogen, Beckman Coulter and Fujirebio to Collaborate on Blood-Based Biomarkers and Test for Tau Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease
The collaboration aims to identify and develop accessible, minimally invasive blood-based biomarkers specific for tau pathology in the brain These tools have
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nThe collaboration aims to identify and develop accessible, minimally invasive blood-based biomarkers specific for tau pathology in the brain\n\n\n\nThese tools have the potential to be used to stratify patients or monitor treatment response for a new generation of future therapies impacting tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease\n\n\n\n CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & BREA, Calif. & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nBiogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB), Beckman Coulter, Inc. and Fujirebio announced a collaboration to potentially identify and develop blood-based biomarkers for tau pathology in the brain and to potentially clinically advance and potentially commercialize new tests for tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The development of tau-specific blood-based biomarkers that can measure a patient’s tau burden could provide critical insights into the underlying pathological processes of AD and may help advance the development of a new generation of therapies impacting tau pathology.\n\n\nThrough this collaboration, the companies will work to identify new blood-based biomarkers and advance known blood-based biomarkers for tau pathology in AD. The collaboration aims to develop and clinically advance new tools that measure brain tau pathology to potentially stratify patients or monitor treatment response in AD clinical trials. The collaboration has the potential to advance tau-specific blood-based biomarkers and diagnostic tools that could be used not only in clinical trials, but also in clinical practice to enable adoption of future therapies impacting tau pathology.\n\n\n“Stratifying and monitoring patients for tau pathology is a growing need for the next generation of Alzheimer's therapies, such as our pipeline of investigational tau-targeting therapies, including tau-directed ASO” said Jane Grogan, Ph.D., Head of Research at Biogen. “Through this collaboration, we plan to leverage our deep scientific expertise in the development and use of biomarkers, combined with our partners’ capabilities in diagnostics, to potentially accelerate the development timeline for blood-based diagnostics that can measure a patient’s levels of tau pathology.”\n\n\n“Collaborative efforts between Biogen, Beckman Coulter and Fujirebio combine the strength of leading edge biomarker development with innovative potential treatments focused on the tauopathy aspect of neurodeg...