EnClear Therapies Raises $10 Million to Develop a Means to Filter Molecular Waste from Cerebrospinal Fluid
Leucadia Therapeutics and EnClear Therapies are both testing the hypothesis that clearance of molecular waste from cerebrospinal fluid is a viable form of prevention and treatment for many neurodegenerative conditions, though they couldn't be more different in their areas of focus and specific implementations. Most of the common neurodegenerative conditions are characterized by rising levels of various forms of harmful molecular waste in the brain, misfolded proteins, and the like. Cerebrospinal fluid circulates in the brain and drains into the body through a variety of pathways, carrying away this waste. Unfortunately, these channels of drainage atrophy or ossify with age, and this loss contributes to the pathological levels of harmful metabolic byproducts that are present in the aging brain. Leucadia seeks to restore drainage through the cribriform plate pathway, while EnClear seeks to filter out the molecular waste present in cerebrospinal fluid though an approach similar to blood filtration, except carried out via a spinal tap.
EnClear Therapies, a life sciences company developing device-based therapies for the treatment of neurodegenerative disease, today announced a $10 million Series A financing. "We are thrilled to have a strong syndicate committed to our team and platform technology, enabling EnClear to move our therapeutic system to our first-in-human clinical trial in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, as well as expand our platform into new applications and strategic partnerships. Our differentiated technology has the potential to transform not only the treatment of this devastating disease, but also many other conditions related to the central nervous system."
"The founders of EnClear are focused on producing a technology that could revolutionize the field by allowing fast diagnosis, delivery of any drug directly into the cerebrospinal fluid, and the development of new CNS-focused therapeutics. I am excited to help EnClear grow their business to help the millions of patients living with CNS diseases. We believe that EnClear's technology has the potential to fundamentally change the way neurodegenerative diseases are treated and ultimately improve patients' lives."