AC Immune SA Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial Results
Lausanne, Switzerland, May 11, 2017 - AC Immune SA (NASDAQ: ACIU), a Swiss-based, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company with a broad pipeline focused on neurodegenerative diseases, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017.
Prof. Andrea Pfeifer, CEO of AC Immune, commented: "We have started 2017 with the very significant decision of our partner Genentech to undertake a second Phase 3 clinical trial of crenezumab in patients with prodromal to mild Alzheimer's disease. Our collaboration with Piramal for developing companion diagnostics is bearing fruit. These Q1 results reflect our strategic investments beyond Alzheimer's disease, into other neurodegenerative indications, leveraging our core knowledge of misfolding proteins and our two discovery platforms."
Prof. Andrea Pfeifer, CEO of AC Immune, commented: "We have started 2017 with the very significant decision of our partner Genentech to undertake a second Phase 3 clinical trial of crenezumab in patients with prodromal to mild Alzheimer's disease. Our collaboration with Piramal for developing companion diagnostics is bearing fruit. These Q1 results reflect our strategic investments beyond Alzheimer's disease, into other neurodegenerative indications, leveraging our core knowledge of misfolding proteins and our two discovery platforms."