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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Erasca, Inc., a clinical-stage precision oncology company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing therapies for patients with RAS/MAPK pathway-driven cancers. The company's lead product is naporafenib which is in SEACRAFT-2 pivotal Phase 3 trial for patients with NRAS-mutated (NRASm) melanoma; and in SEACRAFT-1 Phase 1b trial for patients with NRAS Q61X melanoma. It also develops ERAS-0015, a pan-RAS molecular glue for the treatment of patients with RAS-altered solid tumors; ERAS-4001, a pan-KRAS inhibitor for the treatment of patients with KRAS-altered solid tumors; and ERAS-12, an investigational EGFR D2/D3 biparatopic antibody (bpAb) for the treatment of EGRF and RAS/MAPK solid tumors. In addition, the company's products under development include ERAS-801, a central nervous system (CNS)-penetrant EGFR inhibitor for patients with EGFR-altered recurrent glioblastoma (GBM) which is in phase 1 clinical trials; and ERAS-007, an oral inhibitor of ERK1/2 and ERAS-601, an oral SHP2 inhibitor for patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors. It has a license agreement with Novartis to develop, manufacture, use, and commercialize naporafenib; Katmai Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop, manufacture, use, and commercialize ERAS-801 and certain other related compounds; and NiKang Therapeutics, Inc. to develop and commercialize ERAS-601 and certain other related compounds. Erasca, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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