NEW YORK, Nov. 05, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (“Anavex” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:AVXL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing drug candidates to treat Alzheimer’s disease, other central nervous system (CNS) diseases, pain, and various types of cancer, is pleased to announce that the abstract for its presentation of full PART A data and preliminary PART B data from the ongoing Phase 2a clinical trial of ANAVEX 2-73 at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) conference in Barcelona, Spain on Saturday, November 7, 2015 is now available online.
The late-breaking oral session will be presented by the trial’s Principal Investigator, Dr. Stephen Macfarlane, FRANZCP, Director and Associate Professor, Aged Psychiatry at Caulfield Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
| Presentation Details | ||||||||||||||||
| Title: | New Exploratory Alzheimer’s Drug ANAVEX 2-73: Assessment of Safety and Cognitive Performance in a Phase 2a Study in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s Patients | |||||||||||||||
| Date/Time: | Saturday, November 7, 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| 9:45 a.m. Central European Time (3:45 a.m. Eastern Time) | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Gran Hotel Princesa Sofia, Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||||||||
There is no webcast or video replay of the CTAD presentation available, however a press release with the results will be issued before the market open on Monday, November 9, 2015. The CTAD presentation will also be made available on the Anavex website.
About Anavex™ Life Sciences Corp.
Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq:AVXL) is a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of novel drug candidates to treat central nervous system (CNS) diseases and various types of cancer. Anavex’s lead drug candidates, ANAVEX 2-73 and ANAVEX PLUS, the combination of ANAVEX 2-73 and donepezil (Aricept®), are currently in a Phase 2a clinical trial for Alzheimer’s disease. ANAVEX 2-73 is an orally available drug candidate that targets sigma-1 and muscarinic receptors and successfully completed Phase 1 with a clean data profile. Preclinical studies demonstrated its potential to halt and/or reverse the course of Alzheimer’s disease. It has also exhibited anticonvulsant, anti-amnesic, neuroprotective and anti-depressant properties in convulsive epileptic animal models, indicating its potential to treat additional CNS disorders, including epilepsy and others. The drug combination ANAVEX PLUS produced up to 80% greater reversal of memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease models versus when the drugs were used individually. Further information is available at www.anavex.com.
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