SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAD), a biopharmaceutical company utilizing innovative technology to fuel drug discovery and clinical development of novel treatments for central nervous system disorders, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has completed its review of ACADIA’s Investigational New Drug application to begin Phase I clinical studies with AM-831, an innovative small molecule for the treatment of schizophrenia. AM-831 was discovered by ACADIA and is being developed in collaboration with Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. The parties plan to proceed with a Phase I study to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of AM-831 in healthy volunteers and to help inform the design of future studies in patients with schizophrenia.
