Adamas to present update on Nurelin program at CHI Targeting Parkinson's Disease Symposium

Jun 4 2012

Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held company, announced today that it will present an update on its Nurelin™ (amantadine HCl extended release capsules) program at the Cambridge Healthtech Institute's (CHI) Targeting Parkinson's Disease Symposium being held today in Philadelphia.  Nurelin, a once-daily extended release formulation of amantadine intended for night-time administration, is being developed for the treatment of levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients.  Results from the Company's prior Phase 1 studies, its preclinical program in Parkinson's and other indications, along with a status report on the ongoing Phase 3 study, Extended Release Amantadine Safety and Efficacy Study in Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia (EASED™), will be presented by Gregory T. Went, Ph.D., Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Adamas.  The talk is entitled, "Exploring the Potential of Modified Release Aminoadamantanes in Parkinson's Disease and Related Indications."

"We are excited to introduce the Nurelin program at the conference today, and to provide an update on the previous preclinical and clinical studies that have led to our first Phase 2/3 study of Nurelin in Parkinson's patients who experience levodopa-induced dyskinesia," said Dr. Went.  "Amantadine is a remarkable drug that has received little attention from the pharmaceutical industry for the past 30 years, and we hope the EASED study of Nurelin, combined with recently presented academic studies in Parkinson's disease, will help establish new treatment indications for Nurelin. We look forward to presenting the results from this study and assessing the potential of Nurelin as our second NDA candidate to Arimenda™."

There are no medications currently approved for the treatment of levodopa-induced dyskinesia, thus there is a significant unmet medical need.  Pending the outcome of the EASED study and regulatory review, Nurelin may become the first drug indicated for the treatment of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease. Nurelin also is being investigated as a therapeutic agent to address the non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, including fatigue.