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Alcobra Pharmaceuticals

Treatment of Cognitive Disorders

Company Name
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Market Category
Target Market
Technologies
Company Founded Year
Company Number of Employees
Alcobra Pharmaceuticals
Biotechnology & Biopharmaceutical
01/01/2008
"11-50"
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Alcobra Pharmaceuticals is an emerging pharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development and commercialization of a proprietary drug, Metadoxine Extended Release (MDX), designed to treat cognitive disorders including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Fragile X syndrome.



MDX is not a stimulant and works through a different mechanism of action than other ADHD treatments. Alcobra has completed multiple phase 2 studies and a phase 3 study of MDX in adults with ADHD. The company is conducting separate phase 2b trials of MDX in patients with pediatric ADHD and Fragile X syndrome.



In 2017, six months after Alcobra’s clinical trial of its main product for treating attention disorders failed, the company announced its intention to merge with Arcturus Therapeutics Inc of San Diego.

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