March 20, 2015 - LEXINGTON, Mass.-
Alzheon, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on brain health, memory and aging, today announced that the company presented Phase 1 clinical data for ALZ-801, a first-in-class small molecule inhibitor of amyloid formation and neurotoxicity for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. As additional support to the clinical program for ALZ-801, Alzheon presented expanded post-hoc analyses of Phase 3 data with tramiprosate, the parent molecule of the optimized prodrug ALZ-801, which demonstrated sustained efficacy on cognition and function in a population of patients with Alzheimer’s disease that are positive for the ε4 gene variant of apolipoprotein E (ApoE4), associated with increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The Phase 1 results and Phase 3 post-hoc clinical analyses were presented at a poster session today at the 12th International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases in Nice, France...
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