Oct. 21, 2008 - A team of world-renowned scientists announced the launch of Archer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a new company that will use modern technologies for the identification of novel treatments for Alzheimer's disease.Archer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., led by Chief Executive Officer Michael Mullan, M.B.B.S., Ph.D. and Chief Technical Officer Fiona Crawford, Ph.D., was created based on the groundbreaking research that their team has been conducting in Florida for the past five years.
Archer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has several compounds that are ready to enter clinical development, including ARC029 and ARC031. These compounds have been manufactured at the Sarasota-based facility to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory standards (GMP). Both are targeted at the reduction of soluble amyloid proteins in the brain -- thought by many to be the main culprits in degeneration of neurons in the brains of Alzheimer's disease sufferers. In addition, Archer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has several other agents in the preclinical stage, including Gamma Secretase Inhibitors and BACE Inhibitors. These approaches are designed to attack the Alzheimer's disease soluble amyloid in different ways, providing complementary approaches to the lead compounds.
ARC029 was selected from approximately 2,000 agents as Archer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s first-line treatment for Alzheimer's because it was one of the most proficient at lowering amyloid levels in preclinical models. In these models ARC029 reduces brain amyloid levels by largely unexplored biological mechanisms... Archer Pharmaceuticals' Press Release -
