Cognition Therapeutics, Inc. (CGTX)

Cognition Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of small molecule therapeutics targeting age-related degenerative diseases and disorders of the central nervous system and retina. Its lead product candidate is zervimesine, an orally delivered small molecule to protect neuronal synapses by preventing the binding of oligomers of pathogenic proteins, which is in Phase 2 clinical studies for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment, as well as geographic atrophy secondary to dry age-related macular degeneration and dementia with Lewy bodies. Cognition Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Purchase, New York.