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Company Product name
/number
Product
type
Phase of development Status and comment
February 2000
PC I II III L
Aventis

Fenchylamine sulfonamides

Gamma-secretase inhibitors

         
Aventis

M-100907B

5HT2 blocker

       
Boehringer Ingelheim

Talsaclidine

Stimulator of muscarinic M1 receptors

     

Cambridge Antibody Technology

Monoclonal antibody

Anti-plaque antibodies

        Joint research venture with Wyeth

Cephalon Inc

CEP-1347

Neuro-protectant

       
Cortex
Pharmaceuticals

Ampakine (CX-516)

AMPA receptor mediator

     
Daiichi
Pharmaceuticals

Nefiracetam

Stimulates ACh N-type receptors

  For Japanese market only

Dainippon Pharma

Posatirelin

Neuro-protectant –acts on ACh-processing enzymes

     
Ebewe
Pharmaceuticals

Cerebrolysin (FPF-1070)

Peptides with NGF-like actions and other properties

   
Eisai & Pfizer

Donepezil

ACh esterase inhibitor

 
Elan Corporation

AN-1792

Beta-amyloid peptide vaccine

      With Janssen

Eli Lilly & Company

DAPT

Gamma-secretase inhibitor

         
GlaxoSmithKline

GW-253035

Selective COX-2 inhibitor

     
  SB 271046

5HT6 blocker

       
Merck Sharp & Dohme

Rofecoxib

NSAID and selective COX-2 inhibitor

     
  Peptide mimetic series

Gamma-secretase inhibitors

         
Merz & Company

Memantine

NMDA receptor blocker

  Co-development for Europe with Lundbeck A/S

NeoTherapeutics

Leteprinim (AIT-082)

Generates neurotrophins by second messenger stimulation

   
Novartis

Rivastigmine

ACh esterase inhibitor

 
  NDD 094

     
  DHEA

Steroidal neuro-protectant

        Co-development with Neurocrine Biosciences Ltd

Nymox

NXD 2858

Anti-plaque agent

         
Pfizer

Tacrine

ACh esterase inhibitor

Available in US, not in the UK

  CI-1017

Selective stimulator of M1 receptors

     
  NGD 97-1

GABA receptor inverse agonist

    Co-development with Neurogen Inc

Pharmacia

Celecoxib

NSAID and selective COX-2 inhibitor

     
Sanofi-Synthélabo

SL 25.1188

Monoamine oxidase B inhibitor

     
  SL-65.0102

Acts on presenilin genes?

     
  Xaliproden

Anti-neuro-degenerative agent

   
  SR 57746

NGF-like properties

     
Shire

Galantamine

ACh esterase inhibitor

Also enhances function of nicotine receptors. Co-development with Janssen

SIBIA Neurosciences Inc

SIB-1553A

Nicotine and ACh receptor stimulator

       
Sigma Tau Pharmaceuticals

Acetyl L-carnitine

Reduces age-related damage in mitochondrial function

   
Taiko
Pharmaceutical Company

GTS-21

Nicotine receptor stimulator

     
Takeda

TAK-147

ACh choline esterase inhibitor with NGF-like properties

    Related to galantamine

Various

Ibuprofen

NSAID

  Studies sponsored by Wyeth, Upjohn and Bristol-Myers Squibb

Academic

OM992

Beta-secretase inhibitor

       

Academic

Clioquinol

Heavy metal chelator

   

 

 

 

 
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