Oblit­er­at­ed by Alzheimer's fail­ure, Neu­rotrope re­lin­quish­es its Nas­daq spot in re­verse merg­er

Bat­tered af­ter a spec­tac­u­lar fail­ure with its Alzheimer’s drug can­di­date, Neu­rotrope Bio­sciences is be­ing ab­sorbed by a pri­vate­ly-held com­pa­ny that makes an erec­tile dys­func­tion (ED) treat­ment.

Sten­dra mak­er Metuchen Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, which was cen­sured by the FDA last year for mak­ing mis­lead­ing claims about its ED ther­a­py, is vault­ing on to the Nas­daq fol­low­ing the all-stock merg­er with Neu­rotrope, un­der a new name: Pet­ros (the Greek word for “rock”).

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