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March 5, 2019
Industry Central Nervous System Specialist Lee Dawson, Ph.D. Joins Cerevance as VP of Neuroscience
Dawson brings 25 years of career experience spearheading drug discovery and development across companies based in the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom. Most recently, he served as Vice President of CNS drug development at Astex Pharmaceuticals, where he established and developed their global neuroscience research strategy.
October 9, 2018
Cerevance Appoints Ted Hibben as Chief Business Officer
A twenty-year biotechnology industry veteran, Mr. Hibben has formed over $2 billion in platform and product-based R&D collaborations. Prior to joining Cerevance, Mr. Hibben served as Chief Business Officer at Catabasis where he led partnering activities.
September 25, 2018
Cerevance Announces First-in-Human Dosing of CVN424 for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
Cerevance, a clinical-stage drug discovery and development company focused on brain diseases, today announced the start of dosing in a Phase I first-in-human clinical trial of CVN424, an oral compound being developed for symptomatic treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
February 21, 2018
Cerevance Kicks Off 2018 with Additional $10 Million of Infusions
Cerevance, a drug discovery and development company focused on brain diseases, today announced that it has received an additional equity investment as well as a non-dilutive cash payment in the first six weeks of 2018 totaling more than $10 million.
News Archive
June 18, 2024
Cerevance Presents at The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2024
Cerevance to deliver a poster presentation at the upcoming Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) Forum 2024, taking place in Vienna, Austria, from June 25 – 29, 2024.
Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare neurodegenerative disease caused by mutations in the ataxia-telangiectasia mutated gene, leading to progressive neurological issues. Using Cerevance’s NETSseq platform, RNA from purified cerebellar cell types of A-T and control donors was analyzed and subsequently revealed significant astrocyte gene expression changes related to inflammation and immune response.
April 2, 2024
Cerevance to Participate at the 23rd Annual Needham Virtual Health Care Conference
March 13, 2024
Cerevance Announces Presentation at Alzheimer’s Research UK Conference
February 27, 2024
Cerevance Announces Presentation at AD/PD™ 2024 International Conference
Events Archive
December 1, 2020
First-Time Disclosure of CVN424, a Potent and Selective GPR6 Inverse Agonist for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: Discovery, Pharmacological Validation, and Identification of a Clinical Candidate
February 26, 2024
Differential Contribution of THIK‑1 K+ Channels and P2X7 Receptors to ATP‑Mediated Neuroinflammation by Human Microglia
November 21, 2022