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-- Expanded Development Program for R3487/MEM 3454 in Schizophrenia. In
February, Memory Pharmaceuticals announced that it plans to conduct a
clinical study of R3487/MEM 3454 on two biomarkers of schizophrenia,
P50 sensory gating and mismatch negativity, in patients with
schizophrenia. External costs of the biomarker study, and additional
formulation and manufacturing activities for R3487/MEM 3454, will be
funded by Roche. The Company expects to begin the study this summer,
with data available by early 2009.
-- Expanded PDE10 Collaboration with Amgen. In March, the Company
extended the preclinical research portion of its collaboration with
Amgen focused on the development of PDE10 inhibitors for certain
neurological and psychiatric disorders. Memory Pharmaceuticals agreed
to commit and fund certain preclinical research resources and provide
increased access to its screening technologies to the collaboration for
an additional twelve months. In exchange, Memory Pharmaceuticals will
receive increased milestone payments upon the achievement of certain
predefined development events for the program. The parties also
expanded the scope of compounds eligible for higher tier royalties
under the agreement.
-- Refocused Operations. In March, Memory Pharmaceuticals realigned its
operations and reallocated its resources to refocus its near-term and
mid-term efforts on four major development and clinical programs. The
Company reduced its workforce and research discovery efforts and
shifted its resources toward development activities with two partnered
programs, its nicotinic alpha-7 receptor agonist collaboration with
Roche and the PDE10 collaboration with Amgen, and two proprietary
programs, its PDE4 inhibit
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