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Acorda Buys CNS Drug Firm Biotie

by Ann M. Thayer
January 25, 2016 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 94, Issue 4

Acorda Therapeutics will pay $363 million in cash to acquire Finland’s Biotie Therapies, a developer of central nervous system drugs. Acorda will gain tozadenant, a small-molecule adenosine A2A receptor antagonist in Phase III clinical trials for treating Parkinson’s disease, and SYN120, a small-molecule 5-HT6/5-HT2A dual receptor antagonist for Parkinson’s-related dementia in Phase II trials. Ardsley, N.Y.-based Acorda plans to keep Biotie’s South San Francisco location and staff but is considering the future of the firm’s Finnish headquarters.

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