Cognition Therapeutics to host Virtual KOL Event on the Evolving Landscape in Alzheimer’s Disease on April 12, 2024

NEW YORK, April 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cognition Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “Cognition”) (NASDAQ: CGTX), a clinical stage company developing drugs that treat neurodegenerative disorders, today announced it will host a virtual KOL event on Friday, April 12, 2024 from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM ET. The live and archived event may be accessed from the investor relations section of the Cognition website. To register, please click here.

The event will feature three experts who will provide insights on the unmet need and the current treatment landscape for Alzheimer’s disease, as well as anti-amyloid beta monoclonal antibody drug launches, and commercial uptake. They include:

• Anton Porsteinsson, MD of the University of Rochester Alzheimer's Disease Care, Research and Education Program,
• Martin J. Sadowski, MD, PhD, DSci of New York University School of Medicine, and
• Everard (Jort) Vijverberg, MD, PhD of Alzheimer Center Amsterdam and Neuroscience Amsterdam.
  

In addition, the KOLs and Cognition management will discuss CT1812, Cognition's novel oral once-daily sigma-2 (σ-2) receptor modulator designed to displace Aβ oligomers from their binding sites on neurons. Topics will include details of its mechanism of action and ongoing clinical development program in Alzheimer’s disease, which includes the Phase 2 START Study in people with early stage disease and the Phase 2 SHINE Study in people with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. Topline results from the SHINE Study are anticipated in mid-2024.

A live question and answer session will follow formal presentations.

About Anton Porsteinsson, MD
Dr. Porsteinsson is the director of the University of Rochester Alzheimer's Disease Care, Research and Education Program (AD-CARE). In addition, he is the first William B. and Sheila Konar Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Porsteinsson has devoted his career to the care and study of individuals with memory disorders. He participates in the University of Rochester Memory Care Program, which serves a population with memory disorders. Internationally recognized in clinical research and considered one of the leading experts in Alzheimer's disease and dementia, his interests lie in biomarkers, imaging, and novel pharmacologic agents in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, both in terms of cognitive loss and behavioral disturbances. He is a leading investigator for many prominent Alzheimer's prevention and treatment trials investigating cognitive enhancers, course-stabilizing agents in dementia, as well as psychotropics for behavioral changes associated with dementia. In 1987, he received his MD from the University of Iceland School of Medicine and came to the University of Rochester in 1989, where he completed his internship and residency. He is Board certified in psychiatry, with added qualifications in geriatric psychiatry. Dr. Porsteinsson is the author and collaborator of hundreds of research publications and serves as site principal investigator for research grants from the National Institutes of Health and other leading funders.