New Era For Schizophrenia Therapy Beckons As Karuna Soars On Promising Phase III Data

Mechanism Exceeds Efficacy Expectations

The PureTech Health-founded entity believes it has made a significant step forward in the treatment of schizophrenia with its muscarinic-receptor acting agent KarXT, which could offer a completely new way to address all three symptom domains of the disease.    

Schizophrenia
• Source: Shutterstock

Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. hopes to raise at least $600m on the back of better-than-expected Phase III efficacy data for its novel therapy for schizophrenia that have set the product on a path to a US regulatory filing mid-next year.

More from Clinical Trials

More from R&D