Huntington Disease

Avicena's HD-02 to Proceed to NIH Sponsored Phase III Huntington's Disease Trial

Published in Lab Law Weekly, March 28th, 2008

Avicena Group, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: AVGO) , a late stage biotechnology company that develops central nervous system therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, announced that it met with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and will proceed with a Phase III trial of its lead drug candidate, HD-02, for the treatment of Huntington's disease, pending final analysis of completed animal toxicology studies.

A double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III clinical trial which will be led by Dr. Steven Hersch and Dr. Diana Rosas of Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Bernard Ravina of University of Rochester and the Huntington Study Group will evaluate the ability of HD-02 to...

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Source: Lab Law Weekly (2008-03-28)

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