Marvel Biosciences Corp. is a Canada-based pre-clinical-stage pharmaceutical development biotechnology company. The Company develops new synthetic chemical derivatives of the original approved drug for the new disease indication. It has developed several new chemical entities, using synthetic chemical derivatives of known, off-patent drugs, that inhibit the A2a adenosine receptor with application to neurological diseases (depression and anxiety, Alzheimer's, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)), and the non-neurological conditions of cancer and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. The Company's lead compound, MB-204, is a fluorinated derivative of Istradefylline. The Company is engaged in developing MB-204 for diseases other than Parkinson's disease, specifically depression, Alzheimerâs Disease and liver fibrosis due to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Its wholly owned subsidiary is Marvel Biotechnology Inc.
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