Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Initiates Pivotal Phase 3 Registration Program Of NAV5001 SPECT Imaging Agent For Parkinson’s Disease

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DUBLIN, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: NAVB), a biopharmaceutical company focused on precision diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, today announced the first subject has been enrolled in one of the two planned NAV5001, pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials. The trial will assess the safety and efficacy of NAV5001, an investigational imaging agent as an aid in the differential diagnosis of Parkinsonian Syndromes from non-Parkinsonian tremor. NAV5001 is an investigational imaging agent used to visualize dopamine transporter protein (DAT) located on the nigrostriatal neurons in the brain using single photon emission tomography (SPECT) imaging. Loss of these neurons is a widely recognized hallmark of Parkinson’s disease and other forms of Parkinsonism.

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