Samaritan
Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTC BB:SPHC.OB), announced today, it will
present its late-stage preclinical drug candidates at
the BIO International Convention 2007 in Boston, MA, on
May 8, 2007 at 3 PM EDT, Room D, in the Business Forum.
Samaritan will highlight its novel Alzheimer's drug, Caprospinol
(SP-233) as the closest to potentially enter Phase
I human clinical trials, as well as present its acute
coronary drug candidate (SP-1000) and its oral
hepatitis C drug candidate (SP-10T1).
The
FDA granted Caprospinol
(SP-233) investigational new drug (IND) status October
30, 2006.
Caprospinol
(SP233) is a small molecule therapeutic, indicated for
Alzheimer's disease.
1.
Caprospinol actually removed beta-amyloid plague in-vivo
2. Caprospinol has been shown to restore memory in rats
(Morrison Water-maze)
3. Caprospinol offers a subjective endpoint to evaluate
its efficacy
The
ability of Caprospinol to stop and even eliminate amyloid
plaque formation, in both the cortex, and in the CA1 of
the hippocampus structures, as well as the drug's demonstrated
ability to restore memory in rats, suggests that Caprospinol
may be the first major breakthrough in the actual treatment
of Alzheimer's. This hypothesis is further posited based
on the drug's favorable safety profile.
Globally,
an estimated 4.5 million people suffer from Alzheimer's
disease. This number is expected to increase to 7.7 million
in 2030. Unlike many diseases, Alzheimer's is a slow debilitating
disease that dramatically affects the infected and their
loved ones for years. Currently, no cure has been found
for Alzheimer's disease, nor is there a proven method
to slow its progression. Additionally, approved treatments
that exist today are cost-prohibitive and minimally effective.
About
Samaritan Pharmaceuticals: ``We LIV... to Save
Lives.''
Samaritan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an entrepreneurial
biopharmaceutical company, focused on commercializing
innovative therapeutic products to relieve the suffering
of patients with Alzheimer's disease; cancer; cardiovascular
disease, HIV, and Hepatitis C. Samaritan partnered its
“oral”
entry inhibitor HIV drug SP-01A, with Pharmaplaz,
Ireland; and is evaluating the use of Caprospinol,
SP-233 for Alzheimer's disease patients; the use of
SP-1000
for acute coronary disease patients; and the use of
SP-10T1
as an "oral treatment" for Hepatitis-C patients.
In addition, Samaritan has acquired the marketing and
sales rights to sell nine revenue-generating products
in Greece and/or various Eastern European countries. Website,
http://www.samaritanpharma.com.
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