Alzheimer's Disease and Emerging Treatments Analyzed in Neurotech Insights
Posted on: Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 09:00 CDT
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Emerging therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's disease is the focus of the most recent edition of Neurotech Insights, the leading monthly industry newsletter covering drugs, devices and diagnostics for the brain and nervous system.
This month's feature article reviews the competing hypotheses around the cause of Alzheimer's disease including: the beta amyloid theory, tau hypothesis, the APOE4 and vascular theory, anti-inflammatories, memory enhancers, neuroprotection and mitochondrial boosters.
The issue also discusses leading therapies in development from the following companies: Accera, Allon Therapeutics (TSX: NPC), Amgen, Avera, Ceregene, CoMentis, Cortex, Cytos, Elan , Eli Lilly, Epix, Evotec , Gladstone Institute, Medivation , Merck, Myriad Genetics, NsGene, Pfizer, Targacept , TauRx Therapeutics, TorreyPines Therapeutics, Transtech Pharma, Transition Therapeutics, Roche, Synosia and Wyeth.
In the monthly CEO interview series, Neurotech Insights checks in with David Hung CEO of Medivation to get an insider perspective on how they are progressing in the development of Dimebon for Alzheimer's and Huntington's. Also included in this issue is an in-depth analysis of the highlights from the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD) 2008 held recently in Chicago.
Each month Neurotech Insights provides in-depth feature articles, the latest financing news, CNS product and clinical trial updates, executive interviews, and public stock commentary based on a deep and intimate knowledge of the commercial neuroscience industry, players and products. Neurotech Insights subscribers also have access to a searchable web archive with over 700 stories covering more than 500 companies, 260 investors, and 70 brain and nervous system indications.
Recent issues have covered a broad variety of markets: brain cancer, cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia, restless leg syndrome, PTSD, autism, migraine, retinal disorders, CNS infections, and bipolar. To order Neurotech Insights visit http://www.neurotechinsights.com/
Neurotech Insights is published by NeuroInsights, the neurotech market authority. NeuroInsights provides market reports, investment information, industry events and strategic advisory services to venture funds, startups, corporations, governments and financial institutions.
NeuroInsights created and maintains the NASDAQ(R) NeuroInsights(R) Neurotech Index , a pure play modified market-capitalization weighted index designed to track the performance of the leading neurotechnology companies which are listed and actively traded on one of the three major U.S. stock exchanges.
Contact: Casey Lynch, Managing Director NeuroInsights clynch@neuroinsights.com 415-229-3225 http://www.neuroinsights.com/ http://www.neurotechinsights.com/
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