Manhattan Pharmaceuticals (OTCBB:MHAN) announced today that the company's Board of Directors has decided to continue development of AST-915, an orally delivered treatment for essential tremor. This decision was made following the announcement of favorable clinical results from a Phase 1/2 clinical study of AST-915 conducted by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under a CRADA agreement between the NIH and Ariston Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Manhattan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Data from this study, previously announced on December 16, 2010, demonstrated that AST-915 was safe and well tolerated and demonstrated a clear effect on tremor power. The company intends to continue to work with the NIH and to proceed toward Phase 2 with the AST-915 development program. Under the terms of the merger agreement between Manhattan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Ariston Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the achievement of this milestone requires the company to issue 8,828,029 shares of its common stock to debt holders and former shareholders of Ariston.
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