Progenra receives funding from the Michael J Fox Foundation to develop Parkin activators to treat Parkinson’s disease.

May 2020.

Progenra has received new funding for its Michael J. Fox Foundation Therapeutic Pipeline Award, Discovery and Development of Novel Parkin Activators. Progenra’s novel Parkin activator molecules are undergoing preclinical development, and this funding will support chemical optimization and other early preclinical activities necessary to advance the program to clinical trial for treatment of Parkinson’s disease.