Alterity to Host KOL Event to Share New Insights on ATH434
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Alterity Therapeutics to Host Virtual KOL Event to Share New Insights on
ATH434 for the Treatment of Multiple System Atrophy
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA AND SAN FRANCISCO, USA – 15 April 2026: Alterity Therapeutics
(ASX: ATH, NASDAQ: ATHE) (“Alterity” or “the Company”), a biotechnology company dedicated
to developing disease modifying treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced
that it will host a virtual key opinion leader (KOL) event featuring Roy Freeman, MD (Harvard
Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) and Daniel Claassen, MD, MS (Vanderbilt
University Medical Center), alongside David Stamler, MD, (CEO, Alterity Therapeutics), to discuss
the significant unmet need and current treatment landscape in Multiple System Atrophy (MSA),
a rare, rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disease with no approved treatment.
Event Highlights to Include:
• ATH434 Overview: Alterity’s lead candidate and a potential first-in-class, disease-
modifying therapy for MSA
• MSA Background: Disease overview and review of therapeutic options
• Phase 2 Program: Review Phase 2 data, including new insights and analyses
• Phase 3 Planning: High level overview of the planned Phase 3 program
Webcast details:
United States Participants:
Date: Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time
1:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Australia Participants:
Date: Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Time: 3:00 a.m. AEST (Sydney/Melbourne)
Registration and Replay Information:
You are required to register in advance for the webcast by clicking here. For those unable to
attend live, a replay will be available on the same link by clicking here. The webcast recording
will also be available on the Events and Presentation page of the Company’s website here.
Key Opinion Leader Biographies
Roy Freeman, MD is Professor of Neurology at the Harvard Medical School and director of the
Center for Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Disorders in the Department of Neurology at Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. His research and clinical interests are
the physiology and pathophysiology of the small nerve fibers and the autonomic nervous system.
His research encompasses the neurological complications of diabetes; neuropathic pain; the
autonomic complications of Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy; and the diagnosis
and treatment of autonomic and peripheral nervous system disorders. He has a special interest
in clinical trial design in neuropathic pain in diabetic peripheral neuropathy and other peripheral
nerve disorders. He has been principal investigator on many neuropathic pain clinical trials. He is
the principal investigator on National Institutes of Health-funded studies on the neurological
complications of diabetes and biomarker development in alpha-synucleinopathies. Dr. Freeman
is also chairman of the World Federation of Neurology research group on the autonomic nervous
system. He serves on the Executive Committee and the Steering Committee of the Analgesic,
Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations, Innovations, Opportunities, and Networks
(ACTTION), a public-private partnership with the United States FDA. He is Editor-in-Chief of
Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical and on the editorial boards of The Clinical Journal of
Pain, Pain: Clinical Updates and Clinical Autonomic
Daniel Claassen, MD, MS is a board-certified neurologist and internationally recognized expert
in neurodegenerative diseases, with more than two decades of clinical and translational research
in movement disorders and cognitive and behavioral neurology. He has authored hundreds of
peer-reviewed publications and secured sustained competitive grant funding from agencies
including the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Defense, and numerous
foundations. Dr. Claassen is a sought-after investigator and collaborator in translational
neuroscience and has served as principal investigator on numerous clinical trials, working across
academic medical centers and industry partnerships to advance new therapies for
neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. Daniel Claassen is Professor of Neurology at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center, where he previously served as Chief of the Division of Behavioral and
Cognitive Neurology. A specialist in movement disorders and cognitive neuroscience, he focuses
on the diagnosis, treatment, and study of neurodegenerative disease, with a particular emphasis
on MSA. His research program spans clinical trials, translational neuroscience, and biomarker
discovery. In addition to leading multiple therapeutic studies and directing a laboratory
investigating the biological mechanisms of neurodegeneration through advanced neuroimaging,
cognitive neuroscience, and patient-derived biomarkers, Dr. Claassen also serves as Chief
Executive Officer of the Huntington's Study Group, where he oversees international research
initiatives and organizational strategy to accelerate therapy development, and as Chief Medical
Advisor to Alterity Therapeutics.
About Alterity Therapeutics Limited
Alterity Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company dedicated to creating an alternate
future for people living with neurodegenerative diseases. The Company is focused on developing
disease modifying therapies in Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) and related Parkinsonian
disorders. Alterity is preparing to initiate a Phase 3 pivotal trial in MSA, a rare and rapidly
progressive disease. ATH434, the Company’s lead asset, has demonstrated clinically meaningful
efficacy in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 clinical trial in participants
with MSA. Alterity has further reported positive data in its open label Phase 2 clinical trial in
participants with advanced MSA. In addition, Alterity has a broad drug discovery platform
generating patentable chemical compounds to treat the underlying pathology of neurological
diseases. The Company is based in Melbourne, Australia, and San Francisco, California, USA. For
further information please visit the Company’s website at https://alteritytx.com.
Authorisation & Additional information
This announcement was authorized by the Board of Alterity Therapeutics Limited.
Contacts:
Investors:
Elyse Shapiro
ir@alteritytx.com
Remy Bernarda
Investor Relations Advisory Solutions
ir@alteritytx.com
+1 (415) 203-6386
Media
Casey McDonald
Tiberend Strategic Advisors, Inc.
cmcdonald@tiberend.com
+1 (646) 577-8520
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Company's drug development program, including, but not limited to the initiation, progress and
outcomes of clinical trials of the Company's drug development program, including, but not
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relating to the difficulties or delays in financing, development, testing, regulatory approval,
production and marketing of the Company’s drug components, including, but not limited to,
ATH434, the ability of the Company to procure additional future sources of financing,
unexpected adverse side effects or inadequate therapeutic efficacy of the Company's drug
compounds, including, but not limited to, ATH434, that could slow or prevent products coming
to market, the uncertainty of obtaining patent protection for the Company's intellectual
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and the uncertainty of the Company freedom to operate.
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