AC Immune Wins Prestigious Award to Develop a “Game-Changing” Parkinson’s Diagnostic Tool - Seite 3

AC Immune’s PET tracers are derived from the Company’s innovative Morphomer discovery platform, which accelerates the design, development and synthesis of conformation-specific small molecules to power successful diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. The Morphomer platform has produced multiple small molecules with clinical proof-of-concept that bind selectively to pathological forms of human proteins such as alpha-synuclein and Tau. It is complemented by AC Immune’s SupraAntigen platform, which has generated clinically validated monoclonal antibodies and vaccines directed against pathological forms of Tau and Abeta. Together, these platforms have attracted partnerships with leading, global pharmaceutical companies, including Genentech, a member of the Roche group, Janssen Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly and Company, and have established AC Immune as an industry leader in the development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic agents for neurodegenerative diseases.

About the Michael J. Fox Foundation Ken Griffin Alpha-synuclein Imaging Competition
MJFF is the world's largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson's research with pioneering collaborations across industry, academia and government. This new award from the Ken Griffin Alpha-synuclein Imaging Competition is largely funded through a USD 7.5 million leadership gift from Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO of the Chicago-based global investment firm, Citadel, to incentivize research teams to race to develop a game-changing Parkinson’s diagnostic tool. The USD 10 million Ken Griffin Alpha-synuclein Imaging Competition will be shared between three winning proposals in two rounds of funding with USD 8.5 million initially shared over two years. The final USD 1.5 million will then be awarded to the team that has progressed furthest to develop its program.

About AC Immune SA
AC Immune SA is a Nasdaq-listed clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which aims to become a global leader in precision medicine for neurodegenerative diseases. The Company utilizes two proprietary platforms, SupraAntigen and Morphomer, to design, discover and develop small molecule and biological therapeutics as well as diagnostic products intended to diagnose, prevent and modify neurodegenerative diseases caused by misfolding proteins. The Company's pipeline features nine therapeutic and three diagnostic product candidates, with six currently in clinical trials. It has collaborations with major pharmaceutical companies including Genentech, a member of the Roche group, Eli Lilly and Company and Janssen Pharmaceuticals.