NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: TNXP) (Tonix) announced today that it will be presenting findings and retrospective analyses from the Phase 3 HONOR study and Phase 2 AtEase Study in a poster, at the 2018 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS) being held August 20 – 23, 2018, in Kissimmee, Fla.

   
Details of poster presentation at MHSRS
   
Title:  Differential Treatment Effects of a Sublingual Formulation of Cyclobenzaprine (TNX-102 SL*) on Dissociative Symptoms of Derealization and Depersonalization in a Military-Related PTSD Population: Retrospective Analysis of a Double-Blind Randomized Study
   
Poster Session: Poster Session 1
   
Poster Discussion Session:  Innovations in PTSD Treatment Research
   
Date and Time:   Tuesday, August 21, 2018, 10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. ET
   
Abstract Number:     MHSRS-18-1970  
 
Presenter: Gregory M. Sullivan, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holdings Corp.
 
*TNX-102 SL is an investigational New Drug and has not been approved for any indications.
   

About Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp.

Tonix is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing pharmaceutical products to treat serious neuropsychiatric conditions and biological products to improve biodefense through potential medical counter-measures. Tonix is developing TNX-102 SL, or Tonmya® # , which has been granted Breakthrough Therapy designation as a bedtime treatment for PTSD. TNX-102 SL is also being developed as a bedtime treatment for agitation in Alzheimer’s disease under a separate IND to support a Phase 2, potential pivotal efficacy study.   TNX-102 SL for agitation in Alzheimer’s disease is a Fast Track development program.  TNX-601 (tianeptine oxalate) is in the pre-IND application stage, also for the treatment of PTSD but by a unique mechanism and designed for daytime dosing. Tonix’s lead biologic candidate, TNX-801, is a potential smallpox-preventing vaccine based on a live synthetic version of horsepox virus, currently in the pre-IND application stage.

# Tonmya has been conditionally accepted by the FDA as the proposed trade name for TNX-102 SL (cyclobenzaprine HCl sublingual tablets) for PTSD.

This press release and further information about Tonix can be found at  www.tonixpharma.com .

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