CX-546

CX-546 is an ampakine drug developed by Cortex Pharmaceuticals. It has been proposed as a treatment for schizophrenia. CX-546 was the second drug of note to come out of the Cortex research program, after CX-516, but while it was an improvement over its predecessor in some respects, it still has problems with limited oral bioavailability. However CX-546 still represented a significant advance that led on to the development of newer compounds such ... more

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