Nymox Products Profiled in New Reports
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ (August 29, 2006) Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation's (NASDAQ:
NYMX) AlzheimAlert™ and NicAlert™ products have recently been profiled in new
media reports. AlzheimAlert™, the Company's innovative aid to the diagnosis of
Alzheimer's disease, was featured in the August 28 edition of The Herald,
Scotland's leading national quality newspaper, and in The Herald Online, the
online version of the paper. CNS Drug News, a leading industry publication
published in the U.K., reported in August on the use of NicAlert™ in a large smoking
cessation trial in the U.K. The same issue (No. 143) of CNS Drug News also
reported on a new study that found evidence that the use of statin drugs significantly
protected against cognitive decline and on Nymox's patent position on the use of statins
for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Nymox holds U.S. and global patent rights for the use of statin drugs for the
prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, including for patients at risk for AD.
Statins are a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs that are the biggest-selling
prescription pills in pharmaceutical history with estimated 2004 global sales of $26
billion. Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly, afflicting
an estimated 4.5 million people in the U.S. and an estimated 15 million worldwide.
AlzheimAlert™ is the Company's urine test that provides physicians with a valuable
tool for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease by measuring levels of a brain protein in
patients' urine samples. The test has the CE Mark, allowing it to be marketed in Europe,
and is CLIA certified as a laboratory test service which is available in the U.S. Nymox
currently has numerous initiatives underway for the marketing and distribution of
AlzheimAlert™ in Europe, including a recently announced distribution agreement with
Lab21 Limited for the U.K. Results from an independent multi-center clinical trial results
from studies of the Company's AlzheimAlert™ test will be presented at the XXVIIIth
International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology in Edinburgh, Scotland on September 11,
2006.
The Company's NicAlert™ product provides a proven, easy-to-use, on-site means of
determining an individual's use of or exposure to tobacco products. The product gives a
visual read-out of the level of tobacco use or exposure within minutes and requires no
instruments to use. The product is available either for use with urine or saliva samples.
NicAlert™ Saliva has achieved certification with the CE Mark, permitting its sale in
the European Union. The urine-based version of NicAlert™ earlier received clearance
from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and achieved certification with the CE Mark.
NicAlert™ is available in the U.K. through a distribution agreement with g-Nostics
Ltd.
More information about Nymox is available at www.nymox.com, email: info@nymox.com, or 800-936-9669.
This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” as
defined in the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve
a number of risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will
prove to be accurate and the actual results and future events could differ materially from
management's current expectations. Such factors are detailed from time to time in Nymox's
filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory
authorities.