Anixa Biosciences, Inc.
Anixa Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops therapies and vaccines that are focused on critical unmet needs in oncology. Its therapeutics programs include the development of a chimeric endocrine receptor-T cell therapy, a novel form of chimeric antigen receptor-T cell (CAR-T) technology that is focused on treating ovarian cancer. The company's vaccine programs include the development of a vaccine against breast cancer, initially focused on triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), the most lethal form of breast cancer; and the development of a vaccine against ovarian cancer, as well as a vaccine discovery program to develop additional cancer vaccines to address intractable cancers, including high incidence malignancies in lung, colon, and prostate. Its vaccine technologies focus on the discovery of additional retired proteins that may be associated with other forms of cancer. The company was formerly known as ITUS Corporation and changed its name to Anixa Biosciences, Inc. in October 2018. Anixa Biosciences, Inc. was incorporated in 1982 and is based in San Jose, California.
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Anavex Life Sciences Corp. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It engages in the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegenerative, neurodevelopmental, and neuropsychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, Rett syndrome, and other central nervous system (CNS) diseases, pain, and various types of cancer. Its lead drug candidate, ANAVEX 2-73 (blarcamesine), which has completed a Phase 2a and a Phase 2b/3 clinical trial for Alzheimer's disease; a Phase 2 proof-of-concept study in Parkinson's disease dementia; and a Phase 2 and a Phase 3 study in adult patients and one Phase 2/3 study in pediatric patients with Rett syndrome. Its ANAVEX 2-73 is an orally available drug candidate designed to restore cellular homeostasis by targeting SIGMAR1 and muscarinic receptors. The ANAVEX 2-73 also exhibited anticonvulsant, anti-amnesic, neuroprotective, and anti-depressant properties in animal models, indicating its potential to treat additional CNS disorders, including epilepsy. The company's ANAVEX 3-71, which targets SIGMAR1 and M1 muscarinic receptors, is a clinical stage drug candidate demonstrating disease-modifying activity against the Alzheimer's disease in transgenic (3xTg-AD) mice, including cognitive deficits, amyloid, and tau pathologies. Anavex Life Sciences Corp. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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