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Neuroscience

Praxis Precision Medicines launches with $100 million to develop neuroscience drugs

by Ryan Cross
May 8, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 18

 

Praxis Precision Medicines has formally launched with more than $100 million to develop drugs for diverse neurological and psychiatric disorders believed to have common genetic roots. Praxis is already testing drugs for genetic epilepsies in Phase I and II clinical studies, and for depression and tremor disorders in Phase II studies. The start-up was founded by Columbia University geneticist David Goldstein, University of Melbourne epilepsy expert Steven Petrou, former Biogen Alzheimer’s research director Marion Wittmann, and Blackstone Life Sciences venture partner Kiran Reddy.

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