Huntington Disease

Data on Avicena's Drug Candidate HD-02 Presented at the 2007 World Congress on Huntington's Disease

Published in Law and Health Weekly, December 8th, 2007

Avicena Group, Inc. (OTCBB: AVGO), a late-stage biotechnology company that develops central nervous system therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, announced that Drs. Steven Hersch and Diana Rosas presented results regarding the Company's novel Huntington's disease treatment candidate HD-02 at the 2007 World Congress on Huntington's Disease in Dresden, Germany.

Drs. Hersch and Rosas, of Massachusetts General Hospital, led the open- label, dose escalation study, which evaluated daily administration of HD-02 in doses ranging from 10 to 40 grams. Results of the study showed that a 30-gram dose provided the optimal levels of efficacy, safety, and tolerability. The...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2007-12-08)

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