IntelGenx Provides Update on Research Collaboration Evaluating Montelukast VersaFilm® for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
- Manufacturing of both active and placebo films underway for planned 18-month study -
SAINT LAURENT, Quebec, July 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IntelGenx Corp. (TSX:IGX)(OTCQB:IGXT) (the "Company" or "IntelGenx") today announced the execution of a Research Grant Agreement with Karolinska University Hospital and that the manufacturing of both active and placebo films are underway in preparation for a planned multicentre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study (the “Study”) to investigate the use of IntelGenx’s Montelukast VersaFilm® for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease (“PD”).
The Study will be conducted at the Karolinska University Hospital under IntelGenx’s research collaboration with Per Svenningsson, MD, PhD, who will serve as the Study’s Principal Investigator. Dr. Svenningsson – a Professor of Clinical Neuroscience who investigates the pathogenic mechanisms of PD – previously conducted a utilizing the tablet form of Montelukast for the treatment of PD, where 2 tablets of 10 mg Montelukast were administered twice daily, for a total daily dose of 40 mg.
“Prof. Svenningsson’s interest in evaluating Montelukast VersaFilm® for the treatment of PD reflects his confidence in the drug’s therapeutic potential, which is based on findings from his earlier Montelukast tablet study, the higher bioavailability of our film formulation, as well as the need for a more convenient dosing method,” said Dwight Gorham, IntelGenx’s CEO. “As the planned study will assess Montelukast in doses exceeding 40 mg, Montelukast VersaFilm® offers study participants an attractive dosing alternative to tablets, which would require administration of multiple tablets several times per day.”
Prof. Svenningsson will sponsor the study through a 20 million Swedish Crowns grant (approx. $2 million USD) awarded by the Swedish Research Council, Sweden’s largest governmental research funding body. Upon completion of the Study, IntelGenx will have the option to acquire the developed intellectual property rights and study data for a predetermined low five-digit amount and use the findings to further develop its Montelukast VersaFilm® program for PD treatment.
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