CuraSen Therapeutics Announces First Subject Treated…

SAN CARLOS, Calif.--February 20, 2025--CuraSen Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing oral, rapid onset, small molecule drugs to treat psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases, announced today that it has treated its first subject with CuraAX, an alpha-1A adrenoceptor agonist, in a Phase 1 clinical trial. The company is developing CuraAX for patients with neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (nOH). Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension is a condition characterized by a significant, sudden drop in blood pressure upon standing, resulting in debilitating dizziness, fainting and cognitive impairment, due to inadequate blood flow to the brain. CuraAX is also expected to benefit cognition in patients with a range of neurologic conditions.