ACUMEN PHARMACEUTICALS INC (ABOS)

Company Profile

Acumen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which discovers and develops medicines and diagnostics for Alzheimer's disease. The company is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia and currently employs 39 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2021-07-01. The firm is engaged in developing a disease-modifying approach to target underlying cause of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The firm is focused on advancing a targeted immunotherapy drug candidate, ACU193, and establishing proof of mechanism in early AD patients. The firm's ACU193 is a humanized monoclonal antibody that selectively targets the anti-amyloid-beta oligomer (AbOs), has demonstrated functional and protective effects in in-vitro assays, and has demonstrated in-vivo safety and pharmacologic activity in multiple animal species including transgenic models for AD. The firm's therapeutic approach focuses on targeting AbOs, which is a toxic and pathogenic form of Ab relative to Ab monomers and amyloid plaques. The firm is developing ACU193 for intravenous (IV), administration every four weeks for the treatment of early AD, which is in Phase I clinical trial.

Company Info

ACUMEN PHARMACEUTICALS INC

427 Park St.

Charlottesville VIRGINIA

P: 19253688508

CEO: Daniel O'Connell

Employees: 39

Website: https://acumenpharm.com/