Xanthus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’ Symadex Reverses Disease in Preclinical Mouse Models of Multiple Sclerosis

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xanthus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. presented data demonstrating that SymadexTM, a selective FLT3 inhibitor, acted to reverse disease in mouse models of both acute and chronic multiple sclerosis. Biomarkers of macrophage and dendritic cells showed a significant correction back towards the baseline levels found in healthy control animals. The results were presented in a poster session by Stephen J. Karlik, Ph.D., Professor of Diagnostic Radiology at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, together with researchers from Xanthus at the 60th American Academy of Neurology Meeting in Chicago, IL.

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