
Anavex Life Sciences (AVXL) on Thursday said that its investigational drug achieved its primary endpoint in a mid-stage trial and demonstrated safety and tolerability in adults with Schizophrenia.
Shares of the company soared 7% in Thursday’s pre-market session.
The company said that the safety profile of ANAVEX3-71 was consistent with previous studies in healthy volunteers, and no serious treatment-emergent adverse events were reported in the study. The company is evaluating the drug in the treatment of Schizophrenia, a persistent and often disabling mental illness impacting how a person thinks, feels, and behaves, and affects nearly 24 million people worldwide.
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