Anavex Life Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that develops differentiated therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases, including drug candidates to treat diseases of the central nervous system, pain and various types of cancer. The company's best known product is ANAVEXTM 2-73, a compound being developed to treat Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and related diseases. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in New York.