Alseres Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment in First Stage of the Altropane(R) POET-2 Phase I...( HOPKINTON Mass. Feb. 3 /- Alseres Pha...),Health

HOPKINTON, Mass., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALSE), announced today that it has completed enrollment in the first stage of the Altropane Parkinson's or Essential Tremor (POET-2) Phase III clinical program. The objective of the first part of the program was to acquire the set of Altropane images which will be used to train expert readers for the Phase III registration portion of the program. The Altropane molecular imaging agent is being developed by Alseres to aid in the early diagnosis of Parkinsonian Syndromes (PS).

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There are 11 million people in the U.S. alone living with tremor disorders of which more than one million have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. These figures are expected to double by 2030. According to peer-reviewed publications, misdiagnosis rates for PS are reported as high as 35-50%. "Millions of people experiencing tremor symptoms currently have no objective means to determine whether or not they have Parkinson's Disease," Ray L. Watts, MD, John N. Whitaker Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham stated. "There is a clear need to improve the process for earlier diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease which improves patient outcomes and their ability to take advantage of neuroprotective therapies as they become avai
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