Alector reported a net loss of $44.6 million for the first quarter of 2022. The company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaled $868.6 million as of March 31, 2022, expected to fund operations into mid-2024. Significant progress was made in clinical trials, particularly with latozinemab in FTD-C9orf72 patients.
INFRONT-2 Phase 2 clinical trial data showed a trend towards an annual delay in disease progression of approximately 54 percent in FTD-C9orf72 patients treated with AL001 (latozinemab).
Treatment with latozinemab resulted in a two- to three-fold increase in progranulin above physiological levels.
Gary Romano, M.D., Ph.D., was appointed as Chief Medical Officer, and Marc Grasso, M.D., joined as Chief Financial Officer.
Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities totaled $868.6 million, providing a runway into mid-2024.
Alector anticipates continued progress across its progranulin franchise and Alzheimer's and oncology programs. They expect to initiate a Phase 1 trial for AL044 in the second half of 2022 and a Phase 1 trial for AL009 within the next year.
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