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Anavex Life Sciences (NASDAQ: AVXL) reported its fiscal 2024 Q4 results, highlighting key developments in its Alzheimer's disease treatment program. The company's cash position stood at $132.2 million as of September 30, 2024, projecting a 4-year runway. Q4 financial results showed a net loss of $11.6 million ($0.14 per share), compared to $10.1 million ($0.12 per share) in Q4 2023.

Notable achievements include the EMA's acceptance of the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for blarcamesine in Alzheimer's disease treatment, and promising preliminary EEG biomarker results from the Phase 2 study of ANAVEX®3-71 for schizophrenia. Research and development expenses increased to $11.6 million from $10.1 million year-over-year.

Anavex Life Sciences (NASDAQ: AVXL) announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted their Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for blarcamesine, an oral treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The application is supported by data from the Phase IIb/III ANAVEX®2-73-AD-004 trial and its 144-week open-label extension study.

The once-daily oral medication demonstrated meaningful clinical improvement over 48 weeks, with the primary endpoint ADAS-Cog13 score exceeding 2 points. Blarcamesine works through SIGMAR1 activation, inducing autophagy to restore cellular homeostasis. The drug showed a favorable safety profile without requiring routine MRI monitoring, potentially offering an alternative or complement to injectable anti-beta amyloid antibody treatments.

Anavex Life Sciences (Nasdaq: AVXL) announced it will release its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter financial results on Monday, December 23, 2024. The company will host a conference call and webcast at 8:30 am ET on the same day, where management will review financial results and provide updates on the company's growth strategy. The event will include a Q&A session and will be accessible via webcast on www.anavex.com or by phone for U.S. participants.

Anavex is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for various CNS disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, Rett syndrome, and other neurodegenerative and rare diseases.

Anavex Life Sciences (Nasdaq: AVXL) announced it will present new long-term data from the Phase IIb/III ATTENTION-AD Open-Label-Extension (OLE) trial for blarcamesine in early Alzheimer's disease at the J.P. Morgan 2025 Healthcare Conference. The presentation will showcase data from up to 144 weeks of continuous treatment in the OLE phase, following a 48-week double-blind study, totaling approximately 4 years of safety and efficacy data.

The oral once-daily treatment's scalable and easy-to-use features could potentially offer broader access to early Alzheimer's disease patients due to its convenient administration and favorable safety profile, addressing current healthcare ecosystem barriers.

Anavex Life Sciences (Nasdaq: AVXL) announced its participation in the 7th Annual Evercore ISI HealthCONx Conference 2024 in Coral Gables, FL. CEO Christopher U. Missling will engage in a fireside chat on December 4th, 2024, at 3:25pm ET. The conference brings together over 600 industry experts and leaders from more than 225 healthcare companies, covering sectors including Biotechnology, Pharma, Healthcare Distribution, Services & Technology, Life Science Tools & Diagnostics, and Healthcare Facilities.

The presentation will be available via audio webcast through Anavex's website, with a replay option available later that day. Anavex focuses on developing therapeutics for various conditions including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, schizophrenia, and Rett syndrome.

Anavex Life Sciences has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for blarcamesine, an oral treatment for Alzheimer's Disease. The drug demonstrated clinically meaningful improvement over 48 weeks, with ADAS-Cog13 score improvements exceeding 2 points. The treatment shows superior numerical clinical efficacy compared to approved therapies while slowing neurodegeneration in early AD patients. Blarcamesine offers advantages including once-daily oral administration, no routine MRI monitoring requirement, and a favorable safety profile. There are approximately 7 million people with Alzheimer's in Europe, with care costs estimated at $439 billion in 2019.

Anavex Life Sciences announced the acceptance of a peer-reviewed manuscript detailing Phase IIb/III trial results of oral blarcamesine for early Alzheimer's disease treatment. The manuscript, titled 'Blarcamesine for the treatment of Early Alzheimer's Disease: Results from the ANAVEX2-73-AD-004 Phase IIB/III trial,' will be published in an Alzheimer's-focused medical journal around Q4 2024/Q1 2025. The company is proceeding with regulatory submission to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in the current quarter of 2024.

Anavex Life Sciences presented new data from their Phase IIb/III study of blarcamesine (ANAVEX®2-73) for early Alzheimer's disease at the CTAD Conference 2024. The oral, once-daily treatment demonstrated significant clinical efficacy through SIGMAR1 activation, slowing clinical progression by 36.3% in the primary endpoint ADAS-Cog13 over 48 weeks. In patients with SIGMAR1 wild type genes, progression slowed by 49.8%. The drug showed superior numerical clinical efficacy compared to approved therapies, with a good safety profile not requiring routine MRI monitoring. The company is proceeding with regulatory submission to EMA in Q4 2024.

Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: AVXL) has announced encouraging preliminary electroencephalography (EEG) biomarker results from Part A of its ongoing placebo-controlled Phase 2 clinical study of ANAVEX®3-71 for the treatment of schizophrenia. The study demonstrated a dose-dependent pharmacodynamic effect on two key EEG biomarkers in patients with schizophrenia:

1. Improvements in 40 Hz Auditory Steady-State Response (ASSR) Inter Trial Coherence (ITC)
2. Increased Resting State Alpha Power

These effects were most pronounced in the higher dose group, providing evidence of CNS target engagement and potential therapeutic effects. ANAVEX®3-71, a dual SIGMAR1 receptor agonist and M1 positive allosteric modulator, was well-tolerated with no serious adverse events reported. The ongoing Part B of the study will provide more comprehensive data, with results expected in the first half of 2025.