With the FDA's approval in hand for Nuplazid (pimavanserin), Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. now will put its efforts into marketing the drug, which has the potential to be the company's first billion dollar product.
Acadia's Nuplazid OK'd; A Billion Dollar Parkinson's Drug?
The FDA on April 29 approved Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Nuplazid (pimavanserin) as the first product in the US treat hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson's disease psychosis. The medicine has the potential to be the company's first billion dollar product.
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