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Cortical Presents Receives Further Funding and Hires New CEO – October 2008

Melbourne-based drug discovery research and development company Cortical Pty Ltd has recently raised a Series C round of funding to further develop its library of anti-inflammatory compounds.  To guide the direction of the company, Cortical secured Nicole Fowler as new CEO. 

Cortical Presents MIF Antagonist Data at American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting

Melbourne-based drug discovery research and development company Cortical Pty Ltd has recently presented data on its anti-inflammatory compound COR100140 at the ACR/AHRP Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego, California.
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Cortical Pty Ltd Presents MIF Antagonist Data at World Congress on Inflammation

Cortical has developed small molecule antagonists of macrophage migration
inhibitory factor (MIF) - a pro-inflammatory cytokine implicated in many human
inflammatory diseases and cancer, including rheumatoid arthritis, colitis,
atherosclerosis, and multiple sclerosis.
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Cortical receives $3 Million START grant.

Melbourne-based discovery research and development company Cortical Pty Ltd, has been awarded a Federal Government R&D Start grant of more than $3 million to develop new drugs against inflammatory diseases, such as arthritis, psoriasis, asthma, multiple sclerosis and colitis.
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Cortical announce new CEO

Cortical’s board of management has welcomed Dr Su-Peing Ng who joined the company as CEO on 19 August 2004.
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Cortical appoints Nigel Stokes as Chairman.

Cortical appoints Nigel Stokes as Chairman alongside other senior management changes.
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