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| Brand Name | ALKS33 |
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| Indication | Addiction and other CNS disorders |
| Mechanism | "Opioid modulator". Likely antagonist as naltrexone is a mu-antagonist. |
| Administration | Oral |
| Origin | identified from a family of compounds in-licensed from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Ron Kulda, Tech Transfer Office at RPI. Mark Wentland and Jean Bidlack were the scientists at RPI. |
| Economics | September 2006 licensed a family of compounds from RPI. Will owe royalties and milestones. |
| Clinical Trials | |
| | Phase II - scheduled to begin by YE09 |
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| | Phase I ALKS33-003 n=30 |
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| | Phase I ALKS33-004 n=24 |
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| | Phase I n=16 SAD - initiated December 2008 |
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| | Preclinical vs naltrexone |
| | 35-50% reduction in drinking vs 10% for naltrexone |