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AbbVie buys exclusive right to acquire Mitokinin’s Parkinson’s asset
Company can acquire asset following the completion of IND enabling studies
AbbVie has purchased an exclusive right to acquire Mitokinin’s lead PINK1 asset following the completion of IND enabling studies for Parkinson’s disease.
Mitokinin is based on technology discovered at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) by company co-founders Nicholas Hertz and Kevan Shokat.
Hertz and Shokat moved the company into MBC BioLabs San Francisco in September 2017 after a series A round led by Mission BioCapital.
The company is developing PINK1 targeted therapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative and mitochondrial diseases.