Funded Projects

MVP Investments – 2009-2013

 

Start and End Date

Company/Institution
Investigator

Disease

Amount

Time Period

Title

Tivorsan

12/29/2011 -10/15/2012

Tivorsan Pharmaceuticals, Joel Braunstein, MD

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

$1,000,000

1 year

Recombinant Biglycan for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Summit PLC

12/15/2011-7/26/2012

Summit Plc, Jon Tinsley, PhD

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

$750,000

1 year

SMT C1100 Utrophin Upregulator: Request for Phase I Clinical Trial Funding

ALS TDI

12/1/2011 – 1/15/2013

ALSTDI, Steve Perrin, PhD

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

$278,850

1 year

Ctla4_Fc: Immunomodulation of Costimulatory Signaling as a Therapeutic Strategy for ALS

Wakeforest

4/1/2011 – 3/31/2014

Wake Forest University,
Martin Childers, Ph.D.

X-linked myotubular myopathy

$369,365

3 years

Gene therapy in canine myotubular myopathy

ALS Biopharma

3/11/2011 – 3/15/2012

ALS Biopharma,
Allen Reitz

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

$250,000

1 year

Development of Heat Shock Protein 70-Based Therapy for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

University of Illinois

3/3/2011 – 12/1/2013

University of Illinois, Matthew Meriggioli

Myasthenia gravis

$530,480

3 years

GM-CSF in the Therapy of Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis

Glialogix, Inc.

2/15/2011 – 11/15/2011

Glialogix, Mark Moore

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

$268,000

1 year

Investigation of GLX1112, a Potential Pharmacological Agent for the Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Using the SOD1G93A Mouse, a Standard Transgenic Mouse Model of ALS

ALS TDI

1/1/2011 - 12/31/2011

ALS-TDI,
Steve Perrin, Ph.D.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Through Augie’s Quest Initiative

$2.0 million

1 year

Development of Therapeutic Interventions for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Acceleron

12/22/2010 – 11/28/11 canceled due to milestone failure (4/28/2011)

Acceleron Pharma,
Chris Rovaldi

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

$1.5 million

3 years

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multiple Ascending-Dose Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of ACE-031 (ActRIIB-IgG1) in Subjects With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Repligen

12/1/2010 - 6/30/2012

Repligen Corp.,
James Rusche, Ph.D.

Spinal muscular atrophy

$1,423,247

2 years

Development of a DcpS Inhibitor for SMA

University of California

8/1/2010 – 9/30/2013

University of California, Los Angeles,
Carmen Bertoni, Ph.D.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

$476,465

3 years

Preclinical Investigation of RTC#13 for the Treatment of DMD

 

4/1/2010 - 3/31/2012

4s3 Biosciences,
Dustin Armstrong, Ph.D.

Myotubular myopathy

$260,291

2 years

Muscle Targeted Myotubularin 1 for Treatment of Congenital Myotubular Myopathy

Nationwide Children's Hospital

2/10/2010 - 6/30/2012

Nationwide Children’s Hospital,
Jerry Mendell, M.D.

Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

$458,814

2 years

Limb Strength by Vascular Delivery of the Alpha-Sarcoglycan Gene in LGMD2D

PTC Therapeutics

1/12/2010 – 11/28/11 canceled due to milestone failure (3/31/10)

PTC Therapeutics, Langdon Miller, M.D.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

$1.0 million

1 year

Phase 2a Trial of Ataluren in Nonambulatory Boys with Nonsense Mutation DMD/BMD

ReveraGen

1/12/2010 - 12/1/2010

ReveraGen BioPharma, Inc.,
Erica Reeves, Ph.D.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

$360,000

1 year

Preclinical Validation of a Nonhormonal Steroid for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

ALS TDI

1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010

ALS-TDI,
Steve Perrin, Ph.D.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Through Augie’s Quest Initiative

$2.5 million

1 year

Development of Therapeutic Interventions for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Catabasis

12/15/2010 - 9/30/2010

Catabasis
Pharmaceuticals,
Michael Jirousek, Ph.D.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

$150,000

1 year

Preclinical Validation of a Small Molecular Anti-inflammatory Compound for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

RepliGen

11/1/2009 - 6/20/2010

Repligen Corp.,
James Rusche, Ph.D.

Friedreich’s ataxia

$731,534

1 year

Clinical Development of a HDAC Inhibitor for Friedreich’s Ataxia