AVXL Anavex Life Sciences Corp. gains 18% Sep 12, 2017

Anavex Life Sciences Corp., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development of drug candidates for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, other central nervous system diseases, pain, and various cancers. The company's lead drug candidates include ANAVEX 2-73 and ANAVEX PLUS, a combination of ANAVEX 2-73 with donepezil, which is in a Phase 2a clinical trial for the treatment of Alzheimer's and other central nervous system diseases. Its preclinical drug candidates include ANAVEX 3-71, which uses ligands that activate sigma-1 receptors to treat Alzheimer's disease; ANAVEX 1-41, a sigma-1 agonist that protects nerve cells from degeneration or death; and ANAVEX 1037 for the treatment of prostate cancer. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in New York, New York. http://www.priceseries.com/trade/AVXL-Anavex-Life-Sciences-Corp-stock-gains-18-percent-a-Trade-Record-by-priceSeries-2017081820170912.html