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Axsome Therapeutics is a publicly traded, fully integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on central nervous system conditions, including depression, Alzheimer’s disease agitation, migraine, narcolepsy, fibromyalgia, ADHD, excessive daytime sleepiness, binge eating disorder, shift work disorder, schizophrenia, epilepsy and smoking cessation. The company develops differentiated oral small-molecule therapies and commercializes its products in the United States. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579428/000119312526064267/axsm-20251231.htm?utm_source=openai)) Axsome currently markets AUVELITY, SUNOSI and SYMBRAVO. AUVELITY is approved for major depressive disorder and agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease; SUNOSI is approved for excessive daytime sleepiness associated with narcolepsy or obstructive sleep apnea; and SYMBRAVO is approved for acute treatment of migraine with or without aura. Its development portfolio includes AXS-05 for smoking cessation, solriamfetol for several additional CNS indications, AXS-12 for narcolepsy, AXS-14 for fibromyalgia, AXS-17 for epilepsy and AXS-20 for schizophrenia and potentially Tourette syndrome. ([axsometherapeuticsinc.gcs-web.com](https://axsometherapeuticsinc.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/axsome-therapeutics-reports-second-quarter-2026-financial))
CLASSIFICATION
Company Type:Pharma
Therapeutic Areas:
Industry:Pharmaceuticals
Sub-Industry:CNS therapeutics and neuroscience specialty pharmaceuticals
SIZE & FINANCIALS
Employees:501-1000
Revenue:$500M-$1B
Founded:2012
Ownership:public
Status:operating
FUNDING
Stage:Commercial-stage public company
Investors:Antecip Capital LLC, founded and managed by CEO Herriot Tabuteau, Antecip Bioventures II LLC, Public-market institutional and retail investors
STOCK
Exchange:NASDAQ Global Market
Ticker:AXSM
Market Cap:$11.17B as of 2026-08-19
PIPELINE
Stage:Commercial
Lead Drug Stage:Commercial; AUVELITY approved in multiple indications
Modalities:Small molecule, Oral therapeutics, Fixed-dose combination, NMDA receptor antagonist, Sigma-1 receptor agonist, Norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibition, TAAR1 and 5-HT1A agonism, GABA-A positive allosteric modulation, PDE10A inhibition
Active Trials:7
Trial Phases:Phase 3: 7
FDA Approvals:3
EMA Approvals:0
CORPORATE STRUCTURE
Subsidiaries:Baergic Bio, Inc. or related Axsome acquisition vehicle associated with AXS-17
Key Partnerships:Jazz Pharmaceuticals — source of SUNOSI/solriamfetol rights acquired by Axsome, Pfizer — historical source of reboxetine/esreboxetine assets associated with AXS-12 and AXS-14, Avenue Therapeutics / Baergic Bio — transaction involving AXS-17, a GABA-A alpha2,3 subtype-selective positive allosteric modulator
COMPETITION
Position:Challenger
Competitors:Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Neurocrine Biosciences, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson / Janssen, Supernus Pharmaceuticals +2 more
LEADERSHIP
Key Executives:
Herriot Tabuteau, MD - Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman
Nick Pizzie, CPA, MBA - Chief Financial Officer
Mark Jacobson, MA - Chief Operating Officer
Hunter Murdock, Esq. - General Counsel
Ari Maizel - Chief Commercial Officer
Scientific Founders:Herriot Tabuteau, MD
Board Members:Mark Coleman, MD — Director; pain-management physician and medical executive, Roger Jeffs, PhD — Director; CEO of Liquidia and co-founder/vice chairman of Kriya Therapeutics, Susan Mahony, PhD, MBA — Director; former Eli Lilly senior executive and Lilly Oncology president, Mark Saad — Director; healthcare finance and operating executive, formerly CFO of Cytori Therapeutics and Bird Rock Bio, Herriot Tabuteau, MD — CEO, founder and chairman
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