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On September 16, 2015, VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company (the "Company"), issued a press release announcing that pre-clinical data on its lead pipeline candidate, AV-101 - an orally-available new generation prodrug candidate for Major Depressive Disorder ("MDD") and other CNS related indications - will be published in the October 2015 issue of the peer-reviewed, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, in an article entitled, "The prodrug 4-chlorokynurenine causes ketamine-like antidepressant effects, but not side effects,by NMDA/glycineB-site inhibition."
In July 2015, VistaGen received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") and the U.S. National Institutes of Health ("NIH") to initiate an NIH-funded Phase 2 clinical study of AV-101 in subjects with treatment-resistant MDD. The Principal Investigator of this study is Dr. Carlos Zarate, Jr., Chief of Experimental Medicine at the NIMH. A copy of the Company's press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
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VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. |
By: | /s/ Shawn K. Singh |
Name: Shawn K. Singh | |
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit No. | Description | |
EX-99.1 | VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. Press Release issued on September 16, 2015. |