ADELAIDE, Australia and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bionomics Limited (Nasdaq: BNOX) (Bionomics or Company), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel, first-in-class, allosteric ion channel modulators to treat patients suffering from serious central nervous system (CNS) disorders with high unmet medical need, today announced that Spyridon “Spyros” Papapetropoulos, M.D., PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bionomics will be giving an oral presentation and presenting two posters about BNC210 as a potential treatment for social anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP) Annual Meeting taking place May 28 – 31 in Miami Beach, Florida. Details of the presentations are as follows:
Presentation title: Positive Results Achieved in a Phase 2b, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study for BNC210, an Alpha7 Nicotinic Receptor Negative Allosteric Modulator, for the Treatment of PTSD (ATTUNE)
Session: Pharmaceutical Pipeline
Date and time: Tuesday, May 28 at 2:40 – 2:50 PM ET
Location: Loews Miami Beach Hotel, Salon 3
Presentation title: A Phase 3, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study for BNC210, an Alpha7 Nicotinic Receptor Negative Allosteric Modulator, for the Acute Treatment of Anxiety in Social Anxiety Disorder (AFFIRM-1)
Poster Session: I
Date and time: Wednesday, May 29 at 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM ET
Location: Loews Miami Beach Hotel, Salon 4
Presentation title: Positive Results Achieved in a Phase 2b, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study for BNC210, an Alpha7 Nicotinic Receptor Negative Allosteric Modulator, for the Treatment of PTSD (ATTUNE).
Poster Session: II
Date and time: Thursday, May 30 at 12:30 – 2:15 PM ET
Location: Loews Miami Beach Hotel, Salon 4
The poster presentations will be available on Bionomics’ website under the “Papers and Posters” page.
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About Bionomics Limited
Bionomics (NASDAQ:BNOX) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel, first-in-class, allosteric ion channel modulators to treat patients suffering from serious central nervous system (“CNS”) disorders with high unmet medical need. Bionomics is advancing its lead drug candidate, BNC210, an oral, proprietary, selective negative allosteric modulator of the a7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, for the acute treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) and chronic treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Beyond BNC210, Bionomics has a strategic partnership with Merck & Co., Inc. (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) with two drugs in early-stage clinical trials for the treatment of cognitive deficits in Alzheimer’s disease and other central nervous system conditions. Bionomics’ pipeline also includes preclinical assets that target Kv3.1/3.2 and Nav1.7/1.8 ion channels being developed for CNS conditions of high unmet need. www.bionomics.com.au
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