Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners Says FDA Has Accepted IND Application for CPP109 to Treat Cocaine Addiction.

(From AScribe)

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed its Investigational New Drug Application ("IND") to evaluate Catalyst's lead compound, CPP-109, as a potential pharmaceutical therapy for treating cocaine addiction. Allowance of the IND permits Catalyst to initiate a Phase 1 clinical trial, which is designed to assess the safety of the interaction of CPP-109 and cocaine in a clinical setting. Catalyst expects to commence this trial in the first quarter of 2005.

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