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Tonix Pharmaceuticals Provides Overview of TNX-2900 Program for the Treatment of Prader-Willi Syndrome at the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research Family Conference
CHATHAM, N.J., Oct. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: TNXP), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today
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[{"type":"text","content":"CHATHAM, N.J., Oct. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: TNXP), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that Herbert Harris, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Translational Medicine of Tonix Pharmaceuticals, provided an overview of Tonix’s TNX-2900 (potentiated intranasal oxytocin) program at the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (FPWR) Family Conference in Denver, CO. A copy of the presentation is available under the Scientific Presentations tab of the Tonix website at www.tonixpharma.com. Additional information can be found on the FPWR conference website here. The presentation highlights preclinical data showing the enhancing effects of magnesium (Mg2+) on the activation of oxytocin receptors. The Mg2+ enhanced formulation of intranasal oxytocin is the basis for TNX-2900, in development to treat hyperphagia, or pathological over-eating, in children and adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). In preclinical studies, Mg2+ increases the potency of oxytocin, which is an anorexigenic hormone that reduces appetite and signals fullness, potentially improving receptor binding and resulting in improved therapeutic action. TNX-2900 has been granted Orphan Drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of PWS. Tonix plans to submit an investigational new drug (IND) application to the FDA in the fourth quarter of 2023. There is no treatment currently approved for hyperphagia in PWS. Tonix licensed the technology to treat PWS from Inserm Transfert, the private subsidiary of Inserm (the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research). About Prader-Willi Syndrome Prader-Willi syndrome is recognized as the most common genetic cause of life-threatening childhood obesity1 and affects males and females with equal frequency and all races and ethnicities. The hallmarks of Prader-Willi syndrome are lack of suckling in infants and, in children, adolescents, and adults, severe hyperphagia, an overriding physiological drive to eat, leading to severe obesity and other complications associated with significant mortality. There is currently no approved treatment for either the suckling deficit in babies or the obesity and hyperphagia in older children associated with Prader-Willi syndrome. 1 Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (fpwr.org)...