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Genaera Corporation Presents Preclinical Trodusquemine (MSI-1436) Data at the North American Association for the Study of Obesity Annual Meeting

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 5th, 2007

Genaera Corporation (NASDAQ:GENR) announced the presentation of preclinical data on its Phase 1 product candidate for obesity, trodusquemine (MSI-1436), at the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The poster presentation of preclinical data shows that MSI-1436 demonstrated selective inhibition of PTP-1B but did not inhibit the activities of DDP-IV, TC-PTP or SHP-2 nor inhibit ligand binding to the CB1 or 5HT2C receptors. Additional in vitro testing demonstrated that MSI-1436 does not activate PPAR (alpha, beta/delta or gamma) nor bind to 250 different kinases. In an animal model, MSI-1436 was found to...

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