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NeuroSense Therapeutics and NeuraLight Collaborate
to Detect ALS Oculometric Biomarkers Using AI and ML
| NeuraLight's platform technology uses computer vision, artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning algorithms, and machine learning (ML) to identify and track oculometric digital biomarkers to transform clinical development, diagnostics, and precision medicine in neurology | ||
| The NeuroSense-NeuraLight collaboration entails sharing and tracking patient data to advance the identification and use of ALS digital biomarkers |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Austin, Texas, and
Tel Aviv, Israel (July 28th, 2022) - NeuroSense Therapeutics Ltd. (Nasdaq: NRSN) ("NeuroSense"), a company
developing treatments for severe neurodegenerative diseases, and NeuraLight, a company developing objective and sensitive biomarkers for
neurological disorders, today announced a collaboration to advance the science of digital biomarkers in the detection and monitoring of
neurological diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
NeuraLight's platform, uses proprietary
computer vision and deep learning algorithms to extract over 100 occulometic markers from facial videos captured with a standard webcam.
NeuroSense is conducting a Phase IIb PARADIGM trial, which is a double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the efficacy of NeuroSense's
lead combination drug candidate, PrimeC, in the treatment of ALS. The NeuroSense-NeuraLight collaboration entails sharing and tracking
patient data to advance the identification and use of ALS digital biomarkers in a parallel study conducted by NeuraLight. This collaboration
marks NeuraLight's first clinical trial and comes on the heels of NeuraLight's $25M Series A raise.
"There is compelling value in the use of
precise biomarkers to diagnose and track the progression of neurodegenerative diseases. We are very pleased to work with the stellar team
at NeuraLight who are pioneering the development of digital oculometric biomarkers, which complement our extensive evaluation of biological
markers of ALS," said NeuroSense CEO Alon Ben-Noon. "We believe these tools have the potential to enable patient stratification
and increase the likelihood of success in a future NeuroSense pivotal trial of PrimeC in the treatment of ALS. This is a first step in
what we envision as a long-term collaboration with NeuraLight in ALS as well as future studies we plan for Alzheimer's disease and
Parkinson's disease."
Dr. Rivka Kreitman, NeuraLight's Chief Innovation
Officer, commented, "Along with advancing a promising therapy for ALS, we look forward to demonstrating that oculometrics serve
as a robust proxy for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale (ALSFRS) through this partnership. The validation of our
technology's efficacy will improve success rates of trials moving forward - ensuring objectivity, reliability, and replicability,
as well as reducing costs and friction."
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable
neurodegenerative disease that causes complete paralysis and death within 2-5 years of diagnosis. In the US alone, over 5,000 patients
are diagnosed yearly with ALS, and researchers anticipate the number of ALS patients in the US to grow 24 percent by 2040. The cause of
ALS is unknown, making it difficult for researchers to develop disease-modifying therapies for the neurodegenerative disease.
PrimeC, NeuroSense's lead drug candidate
is a combination therapy that was granted Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines
Agency (EMA). NeuroSense completed a Phase IIa clinical study which successfully met its safety and efficacy endpoints including reducing
functional and respiratory deterioration and statistically significant changes in ALS-related biological markers indicating PrimeC's biological
activity. Through a collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on novel Neuron-Derived Exosomes (NDEs), NeuroSense
is working to further determine the biological changes in ALS-related pathologies and the effect of PrimeC on relevant targets. Results
from this study are expected Q2 2022.
NeuraLight is on a mission to transform the lives
of billions of people impacted by neurological disorders by digitizing neurological evaluation and care. Our AI-driven platform integrates
multiple digital markers to accelerate and improve drug development, monitoring, and precision care for patients with neurological disorders.
The technology driving the platform includes proprietary Deep Learning algorithms which automatically extract a host of digital oculometric
markers from facial videos captured with a standard webcam or smartphone. Our founders are repeat entrepreneurs and industry veterans
(including both the co-founder of Chorus.ai and the founding CTO of Flatiron health) leading a 25-strong team, supported by renowned neurologists
and 2 Nobel laureates as well as a stellar Scientific Advisory Board, and have raised $30.5M to date. To learn more about NeuraLight,
please visit: NeuraLight.ai
Therapeutics, Ltd. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing treatments for patients suffering from
debilitating neurodegenerative diseases. NeuroSense believes that these diseases, which include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),
Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, among others, represent one of the most significant unmet medical needs of our
time, with limited effective therapeutic options available for patients to date. Due to the complexity of neurodegenerative diseases and
based on strong scientific research on a large panel of related biomarkers, NeuroSense's strategy is to develop combined therapies
targeting multiple pathways associated with these diseases.
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