Benzinga | Jun 1, 2021 08:32AM EDT

Annovis Bio Highlights Test Result Showing ANVS401 'Improves Speed and Accuracy in Alzheimer's and in Parkinson's Patients'

Annovis Bio Inc. (NYSE:ANVS), a clinical-stage drug platform company addressing Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) and other neurodegenerative diseases, today announced the notable finding that in a test that measures speed, AD and PD patients both respond with a statistically significant increase in correctly coded fields after 25 days of treatment with ANVS401. The test was part of the Company's ongoing Phase 2a study in AD and PD patients.

"Our hypothesis states that neurodegenerative diseases, such as AD and PD have many commonalities and that in both diseases nerve cells die through similar pathways," said Annovis Bio CEO Dr. Maria Maccecchini, PhD. "That is why we designed a double study, where we are measuring the same markers of the toxic cascade in both diseases. We also measured the coding scale of the WAIS test in both patient groups."