WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Targacept, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRGT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of drugs known as NNR TherapeuticsTM, today announced that it has initiated a Phase 2 clinical proof of concept trial of TC-5619 in cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. TC-5619 is a novel small molecule that is highly selective for the alpha7 neuronal nicotinic receptor, or NNR, and was discovered by Targacept scientists using Targacept’s proprietary drug discovery platform known as PentadTM.
