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Denali Therapeutics Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Business Highlights
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Denali Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: DNLI), a biopharmaceutical company developing a broad
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[{"type":"text","content":"SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Denali Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: DNLI), a biopharmaceutical company developing a broad portfolio of product candidates engineered to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and lysosomal storage diseases, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024, and provided business highlights. \"In the second quarter, our Enzyme Transport Vehicle franchise gained additional momentum with continued engagement with the FDA on an accelerated approval pathway for tividenofusp alfa (DNL310, ETV:IDS) in MPS II and the FDA's selection of DNL126 (ETV:SGSH) in MPS IIIA for the START program,\" said Ryan Watts, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Denali Therapeutics. “Today, we are also pleased to share that we have regained the rights to our TfR-based ATV:Abeta program from Biogen, thereby expanding our opportunities for addressing Alzheimer's disease with a potential best-in-class approach. We look forward to continuing to make significant progress as leaders in the promising and growing field of BBB-crossing therapeutics.\" Second Quarter 2024 and Recent Program Updates Late-stage and mid-stage clinical programs Tividenofusp alfa (DNL310): Enzyme Transport Vehicle (ETV)-enabled, iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS) replacement therapy in development for MPS II (Hunter syndrome) In April, completed enrollment of 47 participants with MPS II in the Phase 1/2 open-label study.COMPASS, the global Phase 2/3 study, is expected to complete enrollment in 2024.In July, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism published a review co-authored by Denali's Chief Medical Officer, Carole Ho, M.D., titled, \"Community consensus for heparan sulfate as a biomarker to support accelerated approval in neuronopathic mucopolysaccharidoses\", which summarizes many of the presentations at the Reagan-Udall Foundation workshop held in February 2024 and provides a perspective on the path forward for neuronopathic MPS disorders.Following the Reagan-Udall Foundation workshop, Denali received written communication from the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) division of the FDA indicating openness to discussing an accelerated approval pathway for tividenofusp alfa in MPS II with cerebrospinal fluid heparan sulfate (CSF HS) as a surrogate biomarker....