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To: NeuroInvestment who wrote (939)12/15/1997 4:44:00 PM
From: margaret foley  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1359
 
News
Monday December 15, 3:26 pm Eastern Time

Company Press Release

Interneuron Submits New Drug Application For Ceraxon

(Citicoline) To Treat Stroke

LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BW HealthWire)--Dec. 15, 1997-- Interneuron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPIC -
news) today announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) for CerAxon (citicoline sodium), 500 milligrams daily, to treat patients with ischemic stroke. The
NDA includes the results of three double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, two conducted in the U.S. and one in Japan.

Results of clinical trials with CerAxon in the U.S. have demonstrated that patients with moderate to severe strokes
treated with this drug experienced significantly improved neurological and cognitive function relative to patients receiving
placebo, as shown across multiple assessment scales.