NRG Therapeutics Announces a PET Biodistribution Trial of Lead Clinical Asset NRG5051
Stevenage, UK, 21 October 2026 - NRG Therapeutics Ltd. (“NRG”), an innovative clinical stage neuroscience company targeting a novel mechanism to restore mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases, today announced a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging trial (NRG5051-102) to assess the biodistribution of its lead clinical asset NRG5051 has started.
NRG5051 is an orally bioavailable and CNS-penetrant next-generation inhibitor of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) that acts through a novel NLRX1-mediated mechanism of action.