ACADIA Pharmaceuticals adds Julian Baker to its Board of Directors

– USA, CA – ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACAD), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative medicines to address unmet medical needs in central nervous system disorders, today announced Julian C. Baker has joined its Board of Directors.

“After more than 20 years as a professional investor, Julian has extensive experience in financing and building companies in the life sciences industry,” said Leslie L. Iversen, Ph.D., Chairman of ACADIA’s Board of Directors. “We welcome Julian to our board and look forward to his insights as we advance NUPLAZID™ through registration for Parkinson’s disease psychosis and position ACADIA for strong growth.”

Mr. Baker is a Managing Partner at Baker Brothers Investments, which manages long-term investment funds focused on publicly traded life sciences companies, for major university endowments and foundations. Mr. Baker and his brother Felix Baker, Ph.D., founded the firm in 2000. Mr. Baker’s career as a fund manager began in 1994 when he co-founded a biotechnology investing partnership with the Tisch family. Mr. Baker currently serves on the board of directors of Incyte Corporation, Genomic Health, Inc., and Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Baker holds an A.B. Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University.

About ACADIA Pharmaceuticals

ACADIA is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative medicines to address unmet medical needs in central nervous system disorders. ACADIA has a pipeline of product candidates led by NUPLAZID™ (pimavanserin), for which we have submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) in Parkinson’s disease psychosis to the FDA and which has the potential to be the first drug approved in the United States for this condition. The FDA has classified the NUPLAZID NDA as having Priority Review status. Pimavanserin is also in Phase II development for Alzheimer’s disease psychosis and has successfully completed a Phase II trial in schizophrenia. ACADIA also has clinical-stage programs for glaucoma and, in collaboration with Allergan, Inc., for chronic pain.

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