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- noun organic chemistry A
synthetic organic compound ,analogous totaurine but with an extracarbon in itschain , potentially useful as ananticonvulsant and treatment forAlzheimer's disease .
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Testing of the amyloid hypothesis began a few years ago with two experimental anti-amyloid drugs, homotaurine and tarenflurbil.
AARP.org : 2010
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Ovos withdrew its application for approval of homotaurine as an Investigational New Drug Application (NDI) in May, 2008, after a Phase III trial, that tested the ingredient in 1,052
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The FDA has told Ovos Natural Health it needs more time to process the Canadian biotech firm's petition to have its brain health offering, homotaurine, accepted as a new dietary ingredient (NDI).
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"We remain hopeful that our efforts to push through these bureaucratic barriers on a variety of levels will finally lead to FDA acknowledging that a well-researched, safe, beneficial substance like homotaurine belongs on the market."
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"The 1994 Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act created a clear pathway to market for substances like homotaurine," he said.
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