Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 20, 2024) - NervGen Pharma Corp. (TSXV: NGEN) (OTCQB: NGENF), a clinical-stage biotech company dedicated to developing innovative solutions for the treatment of nervous system damage, announced today that Mr. Mike Kelly, President & CEO, will be presenting a corporate update at the 2nd Annual Spinal Cord Injury Investor Symposium ("2nd SCIIS"), presented by Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc., California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, on June 27, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. PDT during the Clinical Spinal Cord Injury Session.
The 2nd SCIIS event is being held in-person on June 26 & 27, 2024, in the Duane Roth Auditorium at the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine in La Jolla, CA.
About NervGen
NervGen (TSXV: NGEN, OTCQB: NGENF) is a clinical-stage biotech company dedicated to developing innovative treatments that enable the nervous system to repair itself following damage, whether due to injury or disease. NervGen's lead drug candidate, NVG-291, is being evaluated in a Phase 1b/2a clinical trial in the company's initial target indication, spinal cord injury. For more information, visit www.nervgen.com and follow NervGen on X, LinkedIn, and Facebook for the latest news on the company.
About NVG-291
NervGen holds exclusive worldwide rights to NVG-291, a first-in-class therapeutic peptide targeting mechanisms that interfere with nervous system repair. NVG-291 is derived from the intracellular wedge domain of the receptor type protein tyrosine phosphatase sigma (PTPs). NVG-291-R, a rodent analog of NVG-291, has been shown to promote nervous system repair and functional recovery in animal models of spinal cord injury (acute and chronic intervention), peripheral nerve injury, multiple sclerosis and stroke, through enhanced plasticity, axonal regeneration, and remyelination. NVG-291 has received Fast Track Designation in spinal cord injury from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.