AbbVie Validates Voyager’s One-Shot Approach With Parkinson’s Collaboration
Executive Summary
AbbVie and existing partner Voyager Therapeutics are attempting to cross the blood-brain barrier with a new collaboration on vectorized antibodies to treat Parkinson’s disease and other synucleinopathies such as Lewy body dementia and multiple system atrophy.
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