AC Immune Announces Upcoming Presentations and Industry Symposium on Active Immunotherapies at AD/PD™ 2025

AC Immune to host symposium highlighting the company’s industry-leading pipeline of active immunotherapies for precision prevention of neurodegenerative diseasesMultiple presentations at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease (AD/PD™ 2025) showcasing the diversity of the company’s precision medicine pipeline

Lausanne, Switzerland, March 25, 2025 – AC Immune SA (NASDAQ: ACIU), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering precision therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced upcoming presentations highlighting its precision medicine pipeline at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases (AD/PD™ 2025) taking place in Vienna, Austria, on April 1 – 5, 2025. AC Immune will host an industry symposium highlighting advances in the clinical development of active immunotherapies featuring key opinion leaders, industry experts and AC Immune leadership.

Industry Symposium: Unlocking active immunotherapy for tailored prevention strategies in neurodegenerative diseases

Session Date/Time: Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at 8:40 – 10:40 am CET
Location: Hall A

Opening and Closing Remarks: Andrea Pfeifer, Ph.D., CEO of AC Immune

Perspectives of disease-modification in Parkinson’s disease
Presenter: Werner Poewe, M.D. (Medical University of Innsbruck)
Time: 8:50 – 9:10 am CET

Targeting alpha-synuclein in early Parkinson’s disease: ACI-7104.056 in the Phase 2 trial VacSYn
Presenter: Günther Staffler, Ph.D. (AC Immune)
Time: 9:10 – 9:25 am CET

Precision Prevention for Alzheimer’s disease
Presenter: Philip Scheltens, M.D., Ph.D. (EQT Life Sciences, Amsterdam University Medical Center) Time: 9:25 – 9:50 am CET

The first active immunotherapy for AD prevention: ACI-35.030/JNJ2056 in the Phase 2b Retain study
Presenter: Lennert Steukers, Ph.D. (Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine)
Time: 9:50 – 10:05 am CET

Anti-Abeta active immunotherapy in early AD and DSAD: ACI-24.060 in the Phase 1b/2 ABATE study
Presenter: Anke Post, M.D., Ph.D. (AC Immune)
Time: 10:05 – 10:20 am CET

The presentations will be followed by a Q&A session, and a replay of the Industry Symposium will be available on the Events page of AC Immune’s website after the event.

Oral Presentations

Morphomer® small molecules targeting Tau for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Presenter: Nicolas Preitner, Ph.D. (AC Immune) 
Session: Translational Drug Development and Experimental Models
Location: Hall C
Date/Time: Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 16:40 – 16:55 pm CET

Development of Morphomer-antibody drug conjugates – a new class of drugs for neurodegenerative diseases
Virtual On-Demand Oral Presentation - Virtual OO - 186
Presenter: Nampally Sreenivasachary, Ph.D. (AC Immune)

Discovery and optimization of therapeutic small molecules targeting alpha-synuclein aggregation
Virtual On-Demand Oral Presentation - Virtual OO - 187
Presenter: Elpida Tsika, Ph.D. (AC Immune)

Poster Presentations

Defining optimal thresholds for time-to-event endpoints for Parkinson’s disease clinical trials
Poster on Board - SHIFT 02-066
Presenter: Nicolas Sanchez (AC Immune)

Presentations and posters by our collaboration partners

Antibodies generated by JNJ-64042056, an active anti-pTau immunotherapy, in clinical trial ACI-35-1802 can block Tau seeding in neurons 
Presenter: Clara Theunis, Ph.D. (Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine)
Session: Abeta & Tau Immunotherapies
Location: Hall E
Date/Time: Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 12:40 – 12:55 am CET

Immunization with JNJ-64042056 generates antibodies in non-human primates that inhibit Tau aggregation in a neuronal Tau seeding model
Poster on Board - SHIFT 02-636
Presenter: Bruno Vasconcelos, Ph.D. (Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine)

About AC Immune SA

AC Immune SA is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company and a global leader in precision prevention for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and NeuroOrphan indications driven by misfolded proteins. The Company’s two clinically validated technology platforms, SupraAntigen® and Morphomer®, fuel its broad and diversified pipeline of first- and best-in-class assets, which currently features a range of therapeutic and diagnostic programs, including candidates in Phase 2 and Phase 3 development. AC Immune has a strong track record of securing strategic partnerships with leading global pharmaceutical companies, resulting in substantial non-dilutive funding to advance its proprietary programs and >$4.5 billion in potential milestone payments plus royalties.

SupraAntigen® is a registered trademark of AC Immune SA in the following territories: AU, EU, CH, GB, JP, RU, SG and USA. Morphomer® is a registered trademark of AC Immune SA in CN, CH, GB, JP, KR, NO and RU.

The information on our website and any other websites referenced herein is expressly not incorporated by reference into, and does not constitute a part of, this press release.

For further information, please contact:

SVP, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications

Gary Waanders, Ph.D., MBA
AC Immune
Phone: +41 21 345 91 91
Email: [email protected] U.S. Investors

Christina Tartaglia 
Precision AQ 
Phone: +1 332 322 7430
Email: [email protected] International Media

Chris Maggos
Cohesion Bureau
Phone: +41 79 367 6254
Email: [email protected]

Forward looking statements

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