VistaGen Therapeutics to Provide Update on Phase 2 Study for Major Depressive Disorder and Outline Key 2018 Initiatives at the 14th Annual Noble Capital Markets' Investor Conference
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 01/22/18 -- VistaGen Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: VTGN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new generation medicines for depression and other central nervous system (CNS) disorders, announced today that Shawn Singh, Chief Executive Officer of VistaGen, will provide an update on the Company's Phase 2 study of AV-101 as an oral new generation adjunctive treatment for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and outline key 2018 initiatives at the 14th Annual Noble Capital Markets' Investor Conference - NobleCon14 - to be held at the W Fort Lauderdale hotel in Fort Lauderdale, FL on Monday, January 29th at 4:30 p.m. ET.
The event will be available via video webcast on VistaGen's investor relations website, https://ir.vistagen.com/, the day following the live presentation.
For more information about NobleCon14, or to schedule a one-on-one meeting with VistaGen's management, please contact your Noble Capital Markets representative directly, or visit the conference website here.
About VistaGen
VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTGN), is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new generation medicines for depression and other CNS disorders. VistaGen's lead CNS product candidate, AV-101, is in Phase 2 development, initially as an oral new generation antidepressant candidate for treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). AV-101's mechanism of action is fundamentally different from all FDA-approved antidepressants and atypical antipsychotics used adjunctively to treat MDD, with potential to drive a paradigm shift towards a new generation of safer and faster-acting antidepressants. AV-101 is currently being evaluated by the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in a small Phase 2 monotherapy study in MDD being fully funded by the NIMH and conducted by Dr. Carlos Zarate Jr., Chief, Section on the Neurobiology and Treatment of Mood Disorders and Chief of Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch at the NIMH. VistaGen is preparing to launch a 180-patient Phase 2 study of AV-101 as an adjunctive treatment for MDD patients with an inadequate response to standard, FDA-approved antidepressants. Dr. Maurizio Fava of Harvard University is the Principal Investigator of VistaGen's AV-101 MDD Phase 2 adjunctive treatment study. AV-101 may also have the potential to treat multiple CNS disorders and neurodegenerative diseases in addition to MDD, including neuropathic pain, epilepsy, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease levodopa-induced dyskinesia (PD LID) and other CNS diseases and disorders where modulation of NMDA receptors, activation of AMPA pathways and/or key active metabolites of AV-101 may achieve therapeutic benefit.
For more information, please visit www.vistagen.com and connect with VistaGen on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Forward-Looking Statements
The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to the successful launch, continuation and results of the NIMH's Phase 2 (MDD monotherapy) and/or the Company's planned Phase 2 (MDD adjunctive treatment) clinical studies of AV-101, allowance of patent applications and continued protection of its intellectual property, and the availability of substantial additional capital to support its operations, including the AV-101 Phase 2 clinical development activities described above. These and other risks and uncertainties are identified and described in more detail in VistaGen's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These filings are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. VistaGen undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
Company Contact
Mark A. McPartland
VistaGen Therapeutics Inc.
Phone: +1 (650) 577-3600
Email: IR@vistagen.com
Investor Contact:
Valter Pinto / Allison Soss
KCSA Strategic Communications
Phone: +1 (212) 896-1254/+1 (212) 896-1267
Email: VistaGen@KCSA.com
Source: VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc.
Released January 22, 2018