Anavex Life Sciences Corp. Common Stock, also called Anavex, is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of different therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases. Read More Its lead compound, ANAVEX2-73, is being developed to treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease and central nervous system diseases, including Rett syndrome. The company was founded by Harvey Lalach and Athanasios Skarpelos on January 23, 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.