Mental Health

Addrenex Pharmaceuticals Licenses New Compound to Sciele Pharma for the Treatment of Hypertension and Other Potential Indications

Published in Mental Health Business Week, July 19th, 2008

Two years after Addrenex Pharmaceuticals set it sights on building a new class of drugs to regulate "adrenergic excess," the small Durham company has signed its second major deal with Sciele Pharma, this time to co-develop a new compound for hypertension and other potential indications.

Adrenalin is well known as the hormone that triggers the "fight or flight" reaction in response stress or danger. But Addrenex scientists recognized this hormone, and its counterpart in the brain, noradrenalin, as regulators of diverse physiologic functions -- from blood pressure to energy expenditure to thermostatic control.

"No other company is targeting adrenergic...

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Source: Mental Health Business Week (2008-07-19)

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