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isorder (MDD). The trial is designed to evaluate the effect of treatment with up to 120 mg of PRX-00023 twice-daily for eight weeks as determined by change from baseline in MADRS compared with placebo. Data from this trial are expected in the first half of 2008.

About PRX-00023

PRX-00023 is a novel, highly selective, once-daily, 5-HT1A partial agonist discovered using the company's proprietary G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR) modeling, screening and lead optimization technology. PRX-00023 is targeting a significant unmet medical need and commercial opportunity for a selective, once-daily, 5-HT1A agonist used in the treatment of depression that avoids the sexual dysfunction, withdrawal symptoms and sleep disturbances typically associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), lacks the addictive and sedative effects of the benzodiazepines, and does not have the slow onset, short half-life, and side effects of a chemical class of 5-HT1A agonists called azapirones. PRX-00023 is the subject of a composition of matter patent held by EPIX which extends through 2024.

About EPIX

EPIX Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel pharmaceutical products through the use of proprietary technology to better diagnose, treat and manage patients. The company has five internally-discovered therapeutic and imaging drug candidates currently in clinical trials targeting conditions such as depression, Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular disease and obesity. These drug candidates include PRX-08066 in Phase 2 clinical development for pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, PRX-03140 which is in a Phase 2a clinical trial in Alzheimer's disease, PRX-00023 which is in Phase 2b clinical development to treat major depression, and PRX-07034, which recently completed a Phase 1b trial and is in cli
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