Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD) - Get ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. Report secured its first-ever U.S. drug approval on Friday. The drug, Nuplazid, is also the first medicine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to quell hallucinations and delusions often experienced with people with advanced Parkinson's disease.
Yet, investors are shrugging off Acadia's good news. On Monday, Acadia shares opened higher, sank 5% and the rebounded to close up 2%. Tuesday, Acadia is down over 7% to $30.62, likely due to an analyst downgrade.
A number of factors help explain the less-than-celebratory reaction to Nuplazid's approval. .....
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Yeah, and an ongoing class action case against them for allegedly making false and/or misleading statements in their NDA filing about their only approved drug.