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Anavex Life Sciences Reports Fiscal 2020 Third Quarter Financial Results And Provides Business Updates
Conference Call and Webcast Today at 11:00 a.m. ET NEW YORK, Aug. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (“Anavex” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:
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[{"type":"text","content":"Conference Call and Webcast Today at 11:00 a.m. ET\nNEW YORK, Aug. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (“Anavex” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: AVXL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing differentiated therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Rett syndrome and other central nervous system (CNS) diseases, today reported financial results for its fiscal 2020 third quarter.\n “It is an accomplishment having three ongoing clinical studies in Rett syndrome in progress with ANAVEX®2-73 (blarcamesine) and we expect respective clinical trial results to be reported as we progress,” said Christopher U Missling, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Anavex. “It is important to point out that all clinical studies with ANAVEX®2-73 (blarcamesine), including the ongoing Alzheimer’s disease Phase 2b/3 trial and Parkinson’s disease dementia Phase 2 study, which read out is upcoming, includes the entire genome and exome sequencing, opens the possibility of using big data-driven unbiased genome-wide patient analysis, hence, maintaining the focus on Precision Medicine for neurological disorders.” Program Updates: Yesterday Anavex announced it has received compassionate use Special Access Scheme (SAS) approval for Alzheimer’s disease patients continued treatment with ANAVEX®2-73 (blarcamesine) by the Australian Government Department of Health - Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).In June 2020, Anavex announced it has received Clinical Trial Authorization (CTA) from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United Kingdom (UK) as well as a ‘No Objection Letter’ from Health Canada to expand the footprint of the international Phase 2b/3 double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled safety and efficacy trial (Study ANAVEX®2-73-AD-004) of ANAVEX2-73 (blarcamesine) for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease into the UK and Canada, respectively.In June 2020, Anavex announced it exceeded by 50% its enrollment target for the ANAVEX®2-73 (blarcamesine) U.S. Phase 2 study in Rett syndrome. The Company expects to announce topline results from this study in calendar Q4 2020.In July 2020, Anavex announced that the first pediatric patient was dosed in the Phase 2/3 ANAVEX®2-73-RS-003 EXCELLENCE ...