Shares of biopharmaceutical company Athira Pharma (NASDAQ: ATHA) are up close to 13% as of 11:19 a.m. EDT on Friday after the company announced it had finished enrolling participants in its ACT-AD clinical trial for ATH-1017, a therapy for mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
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Earlier phase 1 trials showed ATH-1017 posed no significant safety risks at any of the doses evaluated. There were also strong data with respect to brain activity and a statistically significant improvement in Event-Related Potential (ERP) P300, which measures executive function and the processing speed of working memory.
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