** Shares of Switzerland-based drug developer AC Immune ACIU.O rise 8.3% to $3.39 premarket
** Company's experimental immunotherapy to treat early Parkinson's disease was well tolerated with no clinically relevant safety issues, it says citing interim data from a mid-stage study
** Parkinson's disease is a progressive movement disorder of the nervous system, which causes nerve cells in parts of the brain to weaken, become damaged and die
** The therapy, ACI-7104.056, induced high immune response on average 16-fold higher than placebo after 3 immunizations -ACIU
** Company plans to share further data from the study in H1 2025
** Data includes analyses from over 30 patients randomized to receive ACI-7104.56 or placebo at a ratio of 3:1 - ACIU
** Up to last close, stock down ~37% YTD
(Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru)
((Mariam.ESunny@thomsonreuters.com))
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