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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Prothena Corporation plc, a late-stage clinical biotechnology company, focuses on discovery and development of novel therapies to treat diseases caused by protein dysregulation in the United States. Its product pipeline include Prasinezumab, an investigational humanized monoclonal antibody which is in phase 2b clinical trial, as well as phase 1 and 2 clinical trials for the treatment of parkinson's disease and other synucleinopathies. The company also develops Coramitug, an investigational antibody, which is in phase 2 clinical trial for potential treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis; BMS-986446, an investigational antibody, which is in phase 2 clinical trial to treat Alzheimer's disease; PRX012, an investigational antibody, which is in phase 1 clinical trial to treat Alzheimer's disease; PRX123, a Dual Aß-Tau Vaccine, which is in preclinical trial for treating Alzheimer's disease; and PRX019, an investigational antibody, which is in phase 1 clinical trial for the potential treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. It has a license, development, and commercialization agreement with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. to develop and commercialize antibodies that target a-synuclein, including prasinezumab; and master collaboration agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb to develop and commercialize antibodies targeting tau, TDP-43. Prothena Corporation plc was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
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