Pharmaust Limited

PAA

PharmAust Ltd. engages in the business of developing own drug discovery intellectual property for the treatment of different types of cancers, neurological diseases, and viral infections; and providing highly specialized medicinal and synthetic chemistry services on a contract basis to clients. The company is headquartered in South Melbourne, Victoria. The company went IPO on 2001-10-05. The Company’s segments include Corporate and Research. The firm is focused on repurposing monepantel (MPL) for human neurodegenerative diseases. The firm's lead candidate, Monepantel (MPL), is a potent and safe inhibitor of the mTOR pathway, that plays a central role in cell growth and proliferation of cancer cells and in degenerating neurons. The firm is also developing MPL as a treatment for motor neuron disease (MND/ALS), a rare, incurable disease. The company is focused on starting Phase II/III clinical study of MPL. The company has also completed a Phase II oncology clinical study of MPL in humans and pilot studies in canine cancer. The company is also preparing a pivotal monepantel field trial in dogs with B-Cell Lymphoma to enable product registration in the United States.