Voyager Therapeutics Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events
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Item 8.01. Other Events
On May 16, 2024, Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the first participants were dosed in a Phase 1a single ascending dose (“SAD”) trial of VY-TAU01, an investigational anti-tau antibody developed to inhibit the spread of pathological tau in Alzheimer’s disease. The objective of the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, SAD trial is to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of VY-TAU01 in healthy adult volunteers. The study is being conducted at a single site in the United States and is expected to enroll approximately 48 patients in multiple cohorts.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: May 16, 2024 | VOYAGER THERAPEUTICS, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Alfred Sandrock, M.D., Ph.D. | |
| Alfred Sandrock, M.D., Ph.D. | ||
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Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
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