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Spotlight Stock of The Week – Cynapsus

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:00 AM on Monday, March 11th, 2013

Cynapsus recently closed $6 million financing/ $4 million debt conversion and received a grant of $947,000 from the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

George Tsiolis sits down with Anthony Giovinazzo President and Chief Executive Officer of Cynapsus to discuss the only non-injectable delivery of the only approved drug (apomorphine) to be used as a rescue therapy for “off” motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

About Cynapsus Therapeutics

Cynapsus is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing the only non-injectable (i.e. sublingual) delivery of the only approved drug (apomorphine) to be used as a rescue therapy for “off” motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Over one million people in the U.S. and an estimated 5 million people globally suffer from Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease that impacts motor activity, and its prevalence is increasing with the aging of the population. Based on a recent study and the results of the Company’s Global 500 Neurologists Survey, it is estimated that between 25 percent and 50 percent of patients experience “off” episodes in which they have impaired movement or speaking capabilities. Current medications only control the disease’s symptoms, and most drugs become less effective over time as the disease progresses.

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