Epix Pharmaceuticals

Epix Pharmaceuticals Inc. (formerly Predix Pharmaceuticals Inc.) was a pharmaceutical company based in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Its products included the following agents:

As of July 2009, the company was in the process of asset liquidation due to insufficient funds to stay afloat.[1]

  • PRX-000235-HT1A receptor full agonist (later discovered to be an antagonist): for major depression and generalized anxiety disorder
  • PRX-031405-HT4 receptor partial agonist: for Alzheimer's disease
  • PRX-070345-HT6 receptor antagonist: for obesity and cognitive impairment associated with Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia
  • PRX-080665-HT2B receptor antagonist: for pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

References

  1. Robert Weisman. Epix Pharmaceuticals of Lexington is latest biotech to fall to funding crunch The Boston Globe, 22 July 2009, retrieved 23 November 2011^