Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Acadia: "Breakthrough Therapy" Designation

Acadia Pharma announced today that the FDA has granted the company "Breakthrough Therapy" designation for it's lead drug Nuplazid (pimavanserin) for Parkinson's Disease Psychosis. Breakthrough therapy designation was created by the FDA to expedite the development and review of drugs that are meant to treat serious or life threatening conditions.

The weekly chart above has the stock breaking out to a new six month high. The stock gained (+11%) today.

Bottom Line:  What this means for investors of Acadia, is that the drug approval process for Nuplazid (pimavanserin), to treat Parkinson's Disease Psychosis, will get an expedited process from the FDA.

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