Evotec's EVT 101 : to Penetrate the Brain in Man and to Modulate Brain Activity during the Performance of Cognitive Tasks

28 Mar 2008 - - Evotec (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT) is pleased to announce the preliminary findings of a double-blind, single-dose, 3-way cross-over study with its orally active NR2B subtype selective NMDA receptor antagonist, EVT 101......n addition, Evotec has satisfactorily completed dosing of its four week higher repeat dose study conducted in France. Encouragingly, initial findings regarding the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) penetration of EVT 101 assessed in a subgroup receiving EVT 101 showed that the compound demonstrated penetration into the CSF at levels predicted to inhibit NR2B receptors to a significantly higher amount than memantine at its therapeutic dose in Alzheimer's Disease... Evotec's Press Release -