Neurotrope, Inc. announced that it has appointed its Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Daniel Alkon, to the additional role of President. After approximately 30 years directing programs on the molecular basis of associative memory at the National Neurologic Institute of NIH, and another approximately 15 years as the Founding Scientific Director of the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, Dr. Alkon has now decided to devote much more of his time to the development of drugs to treat neurodegeneration at Neurotrope.