Article: Evotec Initiates Second Phase II Clinical Trial With Insomnia Drug EVT 201.

Study in Elderly Patients With Primary Insomnia and Daytime Sleepiness

HAMBURG, Germany and OXFORD, England, November 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Evotec AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT, TecDAX 30) announced today the initiation of a second Phase II study with EVT 201 under a US IND. This randomised, multi-centre, double-blind study is a parallel design study with two doses of EVT 201 and placebo in 135 elderly patients with chronic primary insomnia and day-time sleepiness. It is designed to assess the hypnotic efficacy of EVT 201 during seven nights' treatment and also to determine the effect of improved sleep quality on daytime performance.

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