Interest in the schizophrenia field is hotting up, with a recent readout from Cerevel Therapeutics and its candidate CVL-231 further bolstering belief that new therapies are around the corner after many years without significant advances.
Cerevel Makes Progress, But Karuna Still One To Watch In Schizophrenia
Neuroscience Renaissance Continues
Competition to bring new schizophrenia therapies to market is increasing, with the need to demonstrate side-effect improvements over existing drugs especially important.
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