Intec Pharma Ltd. Stock Company Profile

Description

Intec Pharma Ltd., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing drugs based on its proprietary Accordion Pill platform technology in Israel. Its Accordion Pill is an oral drug delivery system that is designed to enhance the efficacy and safety of existing drugs and drugs in development by utilizing a gastric retention and specific release mechanism. The company’s lead product candidate is Accordion Pill Carbidopa/Levodopa (AP-CDLD), which has completed Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease symptoms in advanced Parkinson’s disease patients. It is also developing Accordion Pill Zaleplon (AP-ZP) that has completed Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of insomnia, including sleep induction and the improvement of sleep maintenance; and Accordion Pill, which has completed a Phase I clinical trial for the prevention and treatment of gastroduodenal and small bowel Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug induced ulcers. The company was formerly known as Intec Pharmaceuticals (2000) Ltd. and changed its name to Intec Pharma Ltd. in March 2004. Intec Pharma Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is based in Jerusalem, Israel.