A2-based Pipex developing drugs for Alzheimer's, other neurological diseases

Ann Arbor-based Pipex Pharmecueticals Inc. has leased space to manufacture its leading drug candidate that will be used to treat neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's.

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The company plans to establish an in-house neuroscience sales and marketing department to market the drug next year.

According to a recent SEC filing, the company leased a 6,000-square-foot facility in Ann Arbor in January and plans to manufacture Coprexa initially at the site. Kanzer said the company would release details - including the location - in late April.

Since September 2005, the 11-employee firm has had a collaborative research and development agreement with the University of Michigan, from which it also exclusively licenses a patent relating to anti-copper therapeutics.

It also has agreements with several other institutions, including McLean Hospital at Harvard University, the University of Southern California and Children's Hospital-Boston.

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