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Anavex Life Sciences climbs after Alzheimer's drug trial data

ReutersSep 9, 2025 12:53 PM

** Shares of drug developer Anavex Life Sciences AVXL.O rise 2.7% to $9.60 premarket

** Co says its experimental Alzheimer's drug, blarcamesine, slowed memory loss among early-stage patients after 48 weeks of treatment in mid-to-late stage trial

** Patients who took daily 30 mg dose of blarcamesine in trial showed "barely detectable" decline on key cognitive tests, co says

** Blarcamesine is once-daily oral pill that works by activating protein SIGMAR1 to help clear damaged proteins in brain, slowing cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's patients

** As of last close, stock down 13% YTD

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