Neuvivo, a late-clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced it submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for NP001 (sodium chlorite infusion) to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). NP001 is an investigational treatment that, if approved, could be the first disease-modifying therapy for ALS that restores balance over uncontrolled inflammation within the body’s own innate immune system. The NP001 treatment is unique as it targets ALS from a more immunologic mechanism than a neurologic one.
UCSF Innovation Ventures congratulates Mike McGrath, MD, PhD, for his contribution to this technology.