Late-breaker ATH434 MSA results at AAN 2026 for Alterity (ATHE)
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Alterity Therapeutics Limited filed a Form 6-K highlighting a scientific milestone for its lead drug candidate ATH434. Daniel Claassen, M.D., Professor of Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Chief Medical Advisor for Alterity, will present late-breaking clinical data at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Chicago.
The oral presentation, titled “ATH434 Demonstrates Disease-Modifying Signal in Multiple System Atrophy Using the MuSyCA Composite Scale,” is scheduled for Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at 6:21 PM. ATH434 has shown clinically meaningful efficacy in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial in Multiple System Atrophy and additional positive data in an open-label Phase 2 trial in advanced disease.
Alterity is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on disease-modifying therapies for Multiple System Atrophy and related Parkinsonian disorders, and is preparing to initiate a Phase 3 pivotal trial in MSA. The company also maintains a broader discovery platform targeting underlying pathology in neurodegenerative diseases.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-163
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April 2026
Alterity Therapeutics Limited
(Name of Registrant)
Level 14, 350 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
This Form 6-K is being incorporated by reference into our Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Files No. 333-251073, 333-248980 and 333-228671) and our Registration Statements on Form F-3 (Files No. 333-274816, 333-251647, 333-231417 and 333-250076)
ALTERITY THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
(a development stage enterprise)
The following exhibits are submitted:
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: April 16, 2026
Exhibit 99.1
Alterity Therapeutics Announces Late-Breaker Oral Presentation at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA AND SAN FRANCISCO, USA – 16 April 2026: Alterity Therapeutics Limited (ASX: ATH, NASDAQ: ATHE) (“Alterity” or “the Company”), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing disease modifying treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that Daniel Claassen, M.D., M.S., Professor of Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Chief Medical Advisor for Alterity, will deliver an oral presentation during a Late Breaking Session at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting taking place April 18-22, 2026 in Chicago, IL, USA.
Session: Late-breaking Science 2
Type: Oral Presentation
Title: ATH434 Demonstrates Disease-Modifying Signal in Multiple System Atrophy Using the MuSyCA Composite Scale
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 6:21 PM CT
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
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company has tried to identify such forward-looking statements by use of such words as "expects," "intends," "hopes," "anticipates," "believes," "could," "may," "evidences" and "estimates," and other similar expressions, but these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are described in the sections titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F as well as reports on Form 6-K, including, but not limited to the following: statements relating to the 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 limited to, ATH434, and any other statements that are not historical facts. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties 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 property or trade secrets, the uncertainty of successfully enforcing the Company’s patent rights and the uncertainty of the Company freedom to operate.
Any forward-looking statement made by us in this press release is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.