ALECTOR INC (ALEC)

Company Profile

Alector, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in pioneering of immuno-neurology. The company is headquartered in South San Francisco, California and currently employs 241 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2019-02-07. The firm is focused on immuno-neurology, a novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of neurodegeneration diseases. The firm is engaged in developing therapies designed to counteract these pathologies simultaneously by restoring healthy immune function to the brain. Its research and drug discovery platform leverages human genetic datasets, advanced tools in bioinformatics and imaging, and insights in neurodegeneration and immunology to identify immune system. Its product candidates: latozinemab (AL001), AL002, and AL101, are in clinical development. Its immune-neurology product candidates are supported by biomarkers and seek to treat indications, including Alzheimer’s disease and genetically defined frontotemporal dementia patient populations. Its first product candidate, latozinemab, is a human recombinant monoclonal antibody that increases the levels of progranulin (PGRN) in the brains of FTD-GRN patients.

Company Info

ALECTOR INC

131 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 600

South San Francisco CALIFORNIA 94080

P: 14152315660

CEO: Arnon Rosenthal

Employees: 245

Website: https://alector.com