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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Zai Lab Limited, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing products that address medical conditions in the areas of oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and infectious diseases. Its commercial products include Zejula, an orally administered poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1/2 inhibitor for treating ovarian cancer; VYVGART, a human IgG1 antibody fragment for generalized myasthenia gravis and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; NUZYRA for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia and acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections; Optune for glioblastoma multiforme; Qinlock for gastrointestinal stromal tumors; Xacduro for treating hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia caused by a cinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex; and Augtyro for the treatment of ROS proto-oncogene 1 and non-small cell lung cancer. The company's oncology pipeline includes bemarituzumab, tumor treating fields, tisotumab vedotin, and repotrectinib; and immunology, neuroscience, and infectious disease pipeline comprises efgartigimod and xanomeline and trospium chloride. Zai Lab Limited has license and collaboration agreements with Tesaro, Inc. to develop, manufacture, and commercialize niraparib; NovoCure Ltd. to develop and commercialize Tumor Treating Fields; Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC to develop and commercialize ripretinib; Paratek Bermuda Ltd. to develop, manufacture, and commercialize omadacycline; argenx BV to develop and commercialize efgartigimod; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company to develop and commercialize tisotumab vedotin and repotrectinib; Amgen Inc. to develop and commercialize bemarituzumab; Innoviva, Inc. to develop and commercialize Sulbactam-Durlobactam; and Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. to develop and commercialize Xanomeline and trospium chloride, as well as strategic collaboration with Pfizer Inc. for sulbactam and durlobactam. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Pudong, China.
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