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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Phase 2 clinical study using its drug candidate ITI-722 for sleep maintenance insomnia

DECEMBER 20TH, 2007 -- Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. (ITI), announced it has initiated a sleep maintenance insomnia (SMI) Phase 2 clinical study using its drug candidate ITI-722. ITI-722 acts predominantly as a selective 5-HT2A receptor antagonist and represents an important new approach to the treatment of SMI. Because of its novel separation of 5-HT2A and dopamine receptor modulatory activities, ITI believes, ITI-722 can be used not only to treat SMI but it may be highly appropriate for the treatment of sleep disorders that accompany neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson’s disease and other psychiatric disorders... Intra-Cellular Therapies' Press Release -