Shares of Alkermes were up in trading after the Ireland-based company announced the experimental schizophrenia drug ALKS 3831 was overwhelmingly supported by an advisory committee for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that results of a four-week pivotal study (SEP361-201) evaluating the safety and efficacy of SEP-363856 in patients with schizophrenia were published online in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s add-on treatment pimavanserin for schizophrenia failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage study.
Newron must delay a trial of the Swiss-listed drugmaker’s prospective schizophrenia medicine evenamide after the U.S. FDA raised concerns about CNS events that emerged in rats and dogs.