BEYOND AMYLOID: The Next Generation of Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutics

Table 1.

Non-amyloid–based drugs in clinical development for Alzheimer’s disease.

Drug(s) Company Mechanism
ABT-089, ABT-560 Abbott Cholinergic
AC-1202 (Ketasyn) Accera Mitochondria
AL-108 Allon Therapeutics Microtubule
AQW051 Novartis undisclosed
AVE-1625 Sanofi-Aventis Cannabinoid
AVE-8122 Sanofi-Aventis undisclosed
AZD-1080 AstraZeneca GSK inhibitor
AZD-3480 (Ispronicline) AZ / Targacept Cholinergic
AZD-3480 AstraZeneca Cholinergic
BF2649 Bioprojet/Ferrer Histamine
CX-717 Cortex Glutamate
Dimebon Medivation Glutamate/Cholinergic
EHT-0202 ExonHit Therapeutics Anti-inflammatory
EVT-101 Evotec Glutamate
FGL-L Enkam NCAM mimetic
GT-1061 Queens Univ NO mimetic
GTS-21 CoMentis Cholinergic
GW189254, 239512, GlaxoSmithKline Histamine
HF0220 HunterFleming Anti-inflammatory
HT-0712 Helicon Anti-inflammatory
JNJ-17216498 J&J Histamine
Ladostigil Technion Cholinergic/MAO
Lecozotan Wyeth 5-HT
Leuprolide Voyager Cell cycle
LX6171 Lexicon undisclosed
MEM-1003 Memory Ca channel
MEM-3454 Memory/Roche Cholinergic
NGX-267 TorreyPines Cholinergic
NP-031112 Neuropharma GSK inhibitor
PRX-03140 Epix / GSK 5-HT
PRX-07034/37 Epix 5-HT
PYM-50028 Phytopharm Neurotrophic
Rosiglitazone GlaxoSmithKline PPAR
SAM315 Wyeth 5-HT
SAM531 Wyeth undisclosed
SGS-518 Saegis/ Lundbeck 5-HT
SGS-742 Saegis GABA
SR180711 Sanofi-Aventis Cholinergic
SR-57667 (Paliproden) Sanofi-Aventis Neurotrophic
SRA444 Wyeth 5-HT
SYN-114 Synosia 5-HT
T-817 Toyama Neurotrophic
TTP488 TransTech/Pfizer Rage
VP-025 Vasogen Anti-inflammatory
Xaliproden Sanofi-Aventis Neurotrophic

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  1. MI October 2007 vol. 7 no. 5 261-270