Anavex Life Sciences
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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Biohaven Ltd. discovers, develops, and commercializes therapies for immunology, neuroscience, and oncology worldwide. The company develops troriluzole, which is in Phase 3 trial for the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric illnesses; taldefgrobep alfa, which is in Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy and obesity; BHV-7000, a candidate in Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of focal and generalized epilepsy, and major depressive disorder; BHV-2100 that is in Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of migraines and pain disorders; BHV-1510, which is in Phase ½ trial that targets advanced or metastatic epithelial tumors; and BHV-8000, a product candidate that completed Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis, as well as prevention of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities. It is also developing BHV-1300, which in Phase 1 clinical trial to treat Graves' disease and rheumatoid arthritis; BHV-1400 that is in Phase 1 trial for IgA nephropathy; BHV-1100, which is in Phase 1 trial for multiple myeloma patients; BHV-1600, which is in Phase 1 trial for the treatment of peripartum cardiomyopathy; BHV-1310 that is in preclinical trial for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis and other acute exacerbations or flares; BHV-1530, which is in preclinical trial to treat urothelial cancer; BHV-1500 that is in preclinical trial for Hodgkin's lymphoma; and BHV-5500 that blocks glutamate signaling mediated by post-synaptic NMDA receptors. The company has strategic partnerships with Merus N.V., GeneQuantum Healthcare (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., Aimed Bio, Inc., Yale University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Bristol Meyers Squibb, and Hangzhou Highlightll Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Biohaven Ltd. was formerly known as Biohaven Research Ltd. and changed its name to Biohaven Ltd. in September 2022. Biohaven Ltd. was incorporated in 2022 and is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.
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