MONTREAL & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Angiochem, Inc. a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing drugs that are uniquely capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier to treat brain diseases, announced today that clinical data for its lead drug candidate, ANG1005, for the treatment of brain cancers, as well as data showing how compounds from Angiochem’s Engineered Peptide Compounds (EPiC) platform are capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier will be highlighted at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Chicago on October 17-21, 2009. In addition to poster presentations, ANG1005 and Angiochem’s EPiC platform will be the subject of a Society for Neurosciences-sponsored press conference, entitled “Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier.” Angiochem will also be sponsoring a scientific symposia discussing new therapeutic approaches to crossing the blood-brain barrier.
