AbbVie's Alzheimer's Efforts Voyage Into AAV-Targeted Tau Antibodies
Executive Summary
Collaboration between Voyager and AbbVie will attempt to produce a single-administration gene therapy targeting tau protein, using adeno-associated vector technology to pass the blood-brain barrier.
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