Actinogen Medical  (ACW) is an ASX-listed, biotechnology company developing an innovative treatment for cognitive impairment associated with neurological, psychiatric, and metabolic diseases due to raised cortisol. ‘Cognition’ relates to how a person understands and acts in the world around them. Cognitive functions include memory, reasoning, awareness and decision-making, and to a large extent, influences our personality. Actinogen Medical’s lead drug candidate, Xanamem, has been specifically designed to block the production of cortisol – the stress hormone – in the brain. Chronically elevated cortisol is associated with cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety in Fragile X syndrome, and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia and diabetes.