Acadia Pharmaceuticals

Acadia Pharmaceuticals

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ACAD · Stock Price

USD 22.56+5.12 (+29.36%)
Market Cap: $3.9B

Historical price data

Market Cap: $3.9BPipeline: 48 drugs (23 Phase 3)Patents: 20Founded: 1993Employees: 500-1000HQ: San Diego, United States

Overview

Acadia Pharmaceuticals' mission is to advance care for underserved neurological and rare disease communities by developing and commercializing innovative treatments where few or no options exist. Its key achievements include the landmark approvals of NUPLAZID® for Parkinson's disease psychosis and DAYBUE® for Rett syndrome, establishing two commercial pillars. The company's strategy is to leverage its commercial infrastructure and CNS expertise to maximize these assets while advancing a pipeline targeting significant adjacent indications like Alzheimer's disease psychosis. Acadia operates as a fully integrated, publicly traded organization with a growing international footprint.

NeurologyRare Diseases

Technology Platform

Targeted, mechanism-driven neuroscience focused on identifying and modulating novel CNS targets, particularly in serotonin and neuroinflammation pathways, to develop selective small molecule therapies for complex neurological and rare diseases.

Pipeline

48
48 drugs in pipeline23 in Phase 3
DrugIndicationStageWatch
PimavanserinParkinson Disease PsychosisApproved
PimavanserinNeurodegenerative DiseasesApproved
PimavanserinInsomnia ChronicApproved
PimavanserinSchizophreniaPhase 3
Pimavanserin tartrate (ACP-103) + Pimavanserin tartrate (ACP...Parkinson's Disease PsychosisPhase 3

Funding History

4
Total raised:$82M
IPO$40M
Series B$30M
Series A$10M
Seed$2M

FDA Approved Drugs

4
DAYBUE STIXNDADec 11, 2025
DAYBUENDAMar 10, 2023
NUPLAZIDNDAJun 28, 2018

Opportunities

The near-term approval of pimavanserin for Alzheimer's disease psychosis represents a multi-billion dollar market expansion opportunity.
Furthermore, successful ex-U.S.
regulatory approval and launch of DAYBUE® in Europe provides a significant secondary growth vector for its rare disease franchise.

Risk Factors

Key risks include regulatory setbacks for pimavanserin in ADP and trofinetide in Europe, long-term payer pressure on pricing for chronic therapies, and pipeline concentration with limited near-term catalysts beyond lifecycle management of its two core assets.

Competitive Landscape

Acadia enjoys first-mover monopoly status with NUPLAZID® in PDP and DAYBUE® in Rett syndrome. Its primary competition is from off-label atypical antipsychotics for ADP, where NUPLAZID®'s differentiated safety profile is a key advantage, and from earlier-stage pipeline candidates in Rett syndrome, which are years behind.

Company Timeline

1993Founded

Founded in San Diego, United States

1997Series A

Series A: $10.0M

2000Series B

Series B: $30.0M

2004IPO

IPO — $40.0M

2018FDA Approval

FDA Approval: NUPLAZID

2023FDA Approval

FDA Approval: DAYBUE