Voyager gets FDA clearance for first tau gene therapy for Alzheimer's

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Voyager Receives FDA IND Clearance for VY1706, First Gene Therapy Approach to Reducing Tau Production in the Brain for Alzheimer’s Disease

June 1, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

- Dosing of adults with early Alzheimers disease in clinical trial expected H2 2026 -

- Comprehensive preclinical program showed compelling pharmacology and safety profile for VY1706 -

- VY1706 uses an IV-delivered, brain-targeted capsid to reduce intracellular and extracellular tau -

LEXINGTON, Mass., June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VYGR), a biotechnology company dedicated to leveraging genetics to treat neurological diseases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for... More