BTAI - BioXcel Therapeutics to Host Virtual Neuroscience R&D Day on Dec. 12 2023 | Benzinga
Company to review BXCL502 and other potential emerging pipeline candidates
Dr. Jeffrey Cummings to discuss agitation relief in Alzheimer's disease and BXCL502 as a potential treatment
Dr. Sandra Comer to discuss BXCL501 as a potential treatment for opioid withdrawal
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:BTAI), a biopharmaceutical company utilizing artificial intelligence approaches to develop transformative medicines in neuroscience and immuno-oncology, today announced that it will host a virtual Neuroscience R&D Day from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.
Vimal Mehta, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Frank Yocca, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, and other members of the Company's R&D leadership team will discuss BioXcel Therapeutics' R&D strategy and provide an overview of the proposed development program for BXCL502, a novel, investigational, non-antipsychotic anti-stress agent for the potential treatment of chronic agitation in dementia. Further, the Company will discuss its unique AI-driven approach to identify emerging development candidates, such as investigational BXCL503, to potentially treat Alzheimer's disease-related symptoms unrelated to agitation.
In addition, the presentation will feature two neuropsychiatry experts:
- Dr, Jeffrey Cummings, M.D. Sc.D.:(HC): The Neuropsychiatric Inventory: Measuring Agitation Relief in Alzheimer's Disease
Dr. Jeffrey Cummings is Research Professor in the Department of Brain Health and Director of the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He previously served as Founding Director of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, Director of the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research, and Director of the Deane F. Johnson Center for Neurotherapeutics, both at UCLA. A world-renowned Alzheimer's researcher and leader of clinical trials, Dr. Cummings has been recognized with the American Geriatrics Society's Henderson Award, the national Alzheimer's Association's Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Award, and the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry's Distinguished Scientist Award. He has published nearly 900 articles and 44 books devoted to neuroscience, Alzheimer's disease, and clinical trials.
- Dr. Sandra Comer, Ph.D.: BXCL501 as a Potential Treatment for Opioid Withdrawal
Dr. Sandra Comer is Principal Investigator of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded trial of investigational BXCL501 for potential withdrawal treatment of patients diagnosed with opioid use disorder and Professor of Neurobiology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. She is also Director of the Opioid Laboratory in the Division on Substance Use Disorders. Her research focuses ...