Health Business Week
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Health Business Week
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Albany Molecular Research, Inc.
AMRI Advances New Obesity Treatment Toward IND Submission
June 19th, 2009
AMRI (NASDAQ:AMRI) announced the selection of a compound from its proprietary obesity treatment research program for advanced preclinical testing, with the goal of submitting an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2010. AMRI’s drug candidate is a novel MCH-1 receptor antagonist offering a promising new approach for the treatment of obesity. Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) is a potent appetite stimulating peptide known to exert an effect on food intake and body weight regulation. In preclinical disease models, AMRI’s small molecule antagonists of the MCH-1 receptor have demonstrated efficacy in rodent models...
Source: Health Business Week (2009-06-19)
|
