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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Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing and commercializing therapeutics to treat and prevent human disease. It markets Zembrace SymTouch and Tosymra for the treatment of acute migraine with or without aura in adults. Its portfolio focuses on central nervous system disorders, as well as immunology, infectious disease, and rare disease product candidates. The company's products pipeline include TNX-102 SL (cyclobenzaprine HCl sublingual tablet), for the management of fibromyalgia; and is being developed to prevent and treat acute stress reaction, posttraumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer's disease, alcohol use disorder, and multi-site pain associated with Long COVID. It also develops TNX-1300, a double-mutant cocaine esterase, which is in Phase 2 clinical trials for the treatment of cocaine intoxication; and TNX-1900, an intranasal potentiated oxytocin for the treatment of binge eating disorder, adolescent obesity, and bone health in pediatric autism, as well as for social anxiety disorder. In addition, the company develops TNX-1500, an Fc-modified humanized monoclonal antibody indicated to prevent organ transplant rejection, as well as to treat autoimmune conditions; TNX-1700, a recombinant Trefoil Factor Family 2 fusion protein for the treatment of gastric and colorectal cancers; TNX-801 that is in the pre-IND development stage for protection against smallpox and mpox; and TNX-1800, a live virus vaccine for SARS-CoV-2. Its rare disease portfolio consists of TNX-2900, an intranasal potentiated oxytocin to treat for Prader-Willi syndrome. The company has collaboration agreement with Bilthoven Biologicals to advance TNX-801 and Makana Therapeutics, Inc. to study TNX-1500 for human-compatible organs and cells for the treatment of organ failure. Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. is headquartered in Chatham, New Jersey.
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