ProMIS Neurosciences to Present Data on ALS & Parkinsons Disease Programs at Alzheimer's Disease/Parkinson's Disease 2026 International Conference (AD/PD™)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ProMIS Neurosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:PMN), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative disorders, today announced that it will present two scientific posters at the Alzheimer's & Parkinson's Diseases Conference (AD/PD™ 2026), being held March 17–21, 2026 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The posters will highlight ongoing research related to the Company's proprietary discovery platform and its approach to selectively targeting toxic misfolded proteins in neurodegenerative diseases.
Oral Platform Presentation Details
Presentation #1
Title: Rational Design of a Vaccine Against TDP-43 Proteinopathies Using a Pathogenic Epitope of Misfolded TDP-43
Session: Mechanisms and Pathways to Therapy in AD, FTD, and ALS (Symposium)
Date, Time, & Location: Friday, March 20, 2026 | 13:50–15:50 | Auditorium 12
Presenter: Neil Cashman
Authors: N Cashman, E Scruten, K Verma, J Kaplan, S Napper
Presentation #2
Title: Vaccination with Conformational Epitopes Derived from Computational Modeling Elicits Active Antibody Response Selective for Toxic Alpha-Synuclein Species (ID 961)
Session: Translational Treatment Strategies and New Targets (Symposium)
Date, Time, & Location: Friday, March 20, 2026 | 16:20–18:20 | Hall A2
Presenter: Johanne Kaplan
Authors: J Kaplan, S Napper, E Gibbs, E Scruten, J Coutts, A Attaran, C Evangelista, M Prado, N Cashman
"We are pleased to be invited to present at AD/PD™ 2026, a leading forum for the presentation and discussion of advances in neurodegenerative disease research," said Neil Warma, Chief Executive Officer of ProMIS Neurosciences. "These data highlight two of our pipeline candidates and underscore our focus on advancing novel therapeutic approaches for ALS and Parkinson's disease, particularly through targeting misfolded protein species believed to drive disease pathology."
Additional details, including poster abstracts, are available on the AD/PD™ 2026 conference website. AD/PD™ 2026 Alzheimer's & Parkinson's Diseases Conference
About ProMIS Neurosciences Inc.
ProMIS Neurosciences is a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to the discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies and vaccines selective for toxic oligomers associated with the development and progression of neurodegenerative and other misfolded protein diseases. The Company's proprietary target discovery engine, EpiSelect™, has been shown to predict novel targets known as Disease Specific Epitopes (DSEs) on the molecular surface of misfolded proteins that cause neurodegenerative and other misfolded protein diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), multiple system atrophy (MSA), and Parkinson's disease (PD). ProMIS has offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) and Toronto, Ontario (CAN).
About PMN310 and the PRECISE-AD Trial for Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
PMN310, the Company's lead product candidate for the treatment of AD, is a humanized monoclonal antibody that has been designed to selectively target only the toxic oligomers, avoiding plaque, thereby potentially reducing, or eliminating amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) liability. In addition, because PMN310 may not be limited by off-target binding or side effects, PMN310 could potentially offer an improved efficacy profile over other amyloid-directed antibody therapeutics. PMN310 was granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in July 2025.
Based on the encouraging results from the Phase 1a trial (NCT06105528) of PMN310, ProMIS initiated PRECISE-AD, a Phase 1b clinical trial in AD patients. PRECISE-AD (NCT06750432) is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics (PK) of multiple ascending doses (5, 10, 20 mg/kg) of intravenous PMN310 in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment due to AD and mild AD (Stage 3 and Stage 4 AD). PRECISE-AD will be the first study to examine the effects of a monoclonal antibody directed solely against AβO on biomarkers associated with AD pathology and clinical outcomes. Safety will be a primary outcome of the study with particular emphasis on assessing whether, as a non-plaque binder, PMN310 may have a reduced risk of ARIA. The study is powered to provide 95% confidence for detection of ARIA and is designed to provide meaningful insight into the effects of PMN310 on biomarkers and clinical outcomes.
EpiSelectTM Drug Discovery Engine
Toxic misfolded proteins underlie the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Generation of therapeutic antibodies selectively targeting only disease-misfolded protein isoforms, while sparing normal or irrelevant isoforms of the same protein, has not yet been successfully achieved by conventional immunization strategies. ProMIS Neurosciences has developed a computational platform (EpiSelectTM) to identify conformational epitopes that are uniquely exposed on toxic misfolded proteins, which can then be used to generate misfolding-specific antibodies or vaccine formulations. Application of the ProMIS platform produced PMN310, a clinical stage, humanized monoclonal antibody candidate that has been shown to be highly selective for toxic amyloid-beta oligomers (AβO) without significant reactivity with amyloid-beta monomers or fibrils, thereby avoiding target distraction by these more abundant species, and potentially reducing the risk of brain edema and microhemorrhages associated with the targeting of vascular/parenchymal amyloid. Similarly, specific epitopes for alpha-synuclein toxic oligomers/soluble fibrils that drive synucleinopathies, and for pathogenic TDP-43 in ALS and FTD have been identified and lead candidate antibodies generated. The precise conformation of these epitopes has been translated into vaccines inducing an antibody response selective for pathogenic molecular species in preclinical mouse vaccination studies.
Forward-Looking Statements
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