Blarcamesine - Anavex Life Sciences
Alternative Names: AE-37 hydrochloride; ANA001-HCl; ANAVEX 2-73; Blarcamesine hydrochloride - Anavex Life SciencesLatest Information Update: 29 Dec 2025
At a glance
- Originator Anavex Life Sciences
- Developer Anavex Life Sciences; The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinsons Research
- Class Antidementias; Antidepressants; Antiepileptic drugs; Antiparkinsonians; Anxiolytics; Behavioural disorder therapies; Biphenyl compounds; Dimethylamines; Furans; Neuroprotectants; Nootropics; Small molecules; Vascular disorder therapies
- Mechanism of Action Muscarinic receptor modulators; Sigma-1 receptor agonists
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Orphan Drug Status
Yes - Fragile X syndrome; Rett syndrome; Infantile spasms
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Preregistration Alzheimer's disease
- Phase III Rett syndrome
- Phase II/III Fragile X syndrome; Unspecified
- Phase II Parkinson's disease
- Phase I Angelman syndrome
- No development reported Infantile spasms
- Discontinued Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Anxiety disorders; Autistic disorder; Cognition disorders; Multiple sclerosis; Stroke
Most Recent Events
- 18 Dec 2025 Anavex Life Sciences requests the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to re-examine its opinion on Blarcamesine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (Early-stage disease)
- 12 Dec 2025 The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of EMA adopts a negative opinion on the marketing authorisation application for blarcamesine for he treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (Early-stage disease) in European Union
- 14 Nov 2025 Anavex Life Sciences received negative trend vote on the Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for blarcamesine following its CHMP oral explanation