Asarina And Emalex Carry The Torch For Tourette's

Alternatives To Antipsychotics Are Advancing

The pipeline to treat the neurological disorder, which is characterized by uncontrolled rapid and repeated movements or sounds, is very thin but a couple of biotechs either side of the Atlantic are making progress.

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Tourette's syndrome has proved a tough nut to crack pharmacologically but a couple of biotechs – Sweden's Asarina Pharma and Emalex Biosciences Inc. in the US – are advancing promising candidates that could soon enter late-stage trials.

Having begun a Phase IIa study of sepranolone for the treatment of Tourette's less than a year ago, Asarina has announced that all patient examination and treatment in the trial had been completed

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