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Anavex Life Sciences to Present at the 24th Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference 

NEW YORK –  January 13, 2026 

Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (“Anavex” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: AVXL), today announced its participation as a key industry partner in ACCESS-AD, a major new European initiative designed to accelerate the adoption of innovative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) across real‑world clinical settings. The multi-year program is funded by the European Commission’s Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) and unites leading academic centers, technology developers, industry innovators and patient organizations to strengthen equitable access to timely and effective AD care.

 

ACCESS-AD launches at a pivotal time for Alzheimer’s disease management in Europe. Recent approvals of antibody‑based disease‑modifying therapies (DMTs) have expanded the treatment landscape, but health systems continue to face substantial bottlenecks in diagnosis, patient stratification, imaging capacity and ongoing monitoring. With AD prevalence projected to exceed 19 million Europeans by 2050, scalable and accessible therapeutic options—especially those that reduce reliance on high‑intensity healthcare infrastructure—are urgently needed.

 

Advancing Precision Medicine for Alzheimer’s Disease

As part of the consortium, blarcamesine, the once‑daily orally administered investigational small‑molecule therapy designed to target autophagy through SIGMAR1 activation, a central regulator of cellular homeostasis, will be evaluated in a clinical prediction study. Blarcamesine is being developed as a potential precision‑medicine therapeutic approach aiming to restore cellular function and slow neurodegenerative processes underlying Alzheimer’s disease.

 

ACCESS-AD is establishing a coordinated, multimodal clinical framework that integrates advanced neuroimaging, blood‑based biomarkers, digital measures and AI‑driven decision support to create streamlined patient pathways across Europe. The platform is designed to support early detection, personalised treatment choices and safe implementation of emerging therapies.

 

Integrating Blarcamesine into a Europe‑Wide Innovation Framework

The inclusion of blarcamesine within ACCESS-AD’s real‑world research program enables the generation of predictive clinical insights using harmonised imaging, biomarker and digital datasets. The blarcamesine study will examine patient characteristics, treatment response predictors and real‑world feasibility within both specialty and community‑based clinical environments. The effort aligns with Anavex’s long‑standing commitment to developing precision medicine approaches that incorporate clinical data, genomic markers and digital endpoints. This will allow the consortium to explore how molecular‑targeted, orally available therapies can complement the AD treatment ecosystem.

 

“We are pleased that blarcamesine will be evaluated within ACCESS-AD’s innovative precision‑medicine framework,” said Christopher U. Missling, PhD, President & CEO of Anavex. “This initiative represents a unique opportunity to integrate advanced biomarker data and digital tools with a therapy that is intentionally designed to be accessible, scalable and compatible within diverse healthcare environments. We look forward to contributing to a future in which personalised care is available to all people living with Alzheimer’s disease.”