PRAX - Praxis Precision Medicines Inc
Region: US
Website: praxismedicines.com
Employees: 118
IPO year: -
Issue type: Common Stock
Market: XNAS
Industry: Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
Sector: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
praxis precision medicines, inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops therapies for central nervous system disorders characterized by neuronal imbalance. its lead product candidates include prax-114, an extrasynaptic-preferring gabaa receptor positive allosteric modulator that is in phase iia clinical trial for the treatment of major depressive disorder and perimenopausal depression; and prax-944, a selective small molecule inhibitor of t-type calcium channels, which is in phase iia clinical trial for the treatment of essential tremor. the company is also developing prax-562, a persistent sodium current blocker that is in phase i clinical trial to treat severe pediatric epilepsy and adult cephalgia; prax-222, an antisense oligonucleotide for patients with gain-of-function (gof) scn2a epilepsy; and kcnt1 program for the treatment of kcnt1 gof epilepsy. it has a cooperation and license agreement with rogcon inc.; a license agreement purdue neuroscience company; and a res