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Genaera Presents Promising Preclinical Data for Trodusquemine (MSI-1436) at Keystone Symposia

Published in Lab Business Week, February 8th, 2009

Genaera Corporation (NASDAQ:GENR) announced a poster presentation of preclinical data on trodusquemine (MSI-1436), Genaera's lead drug candidate for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity, during the Keystone Symposia: Obesity - Novel Aspects of the Regulation of Body Weight in Banff, Alberta.

The poster entitled "Effect of MSI-1436 (Trodusquemine) on Body Weight and Metabolic Profile in Diet-Induced Obese Rats" concluded that a single subcutaneous dose of MSI-1436 leads to marked reductions in body weight, fasting blood glucose, serum triglycerides and cholesterol in diet-induced obese (DIO) rats. In the study, the researchers reported that MSI-1436 induced...

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