Cassava Sciences IncNASDAQ SAVA Stock Report

Cassava Sciences, Inc. engages in the development of novel drugs and diagnostics. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas and currently employs 26 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2000-07-14. The firm is primarily focused on developing the drug for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease. The firm develops pharmaceutical product candidates that offer improvements to patients and healthcare professionals. The Company’s products include Simufilam and SavaDx. Its lead therapeutic product candidate, Simufilam, is a small molecule (oral) drug. Simufilam targets an altered form of a protein called filamin A (FLNA) in the Alzheimer’s brain. The firm is conducting a Phase III program with Simufilam in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease dementia. Its investigational product candidate, SavaDx, is an early-stage program focused on detecting the presence of Alzheimer’s disease from a small sample of blood. SavaDx is designed as an antibody-based detection system for altered filamin A (FLNA).