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Axsome Therapeutics

Axsome Therapeutics

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FDA approves second-ever treatment for Alzheimer's agitation

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Commercializing Auvelity in expanded indication

Until May 2023, no drug was approved in the United States to treat the agitation that affects up to three-quarters of people with Alzheimer's disease. Doctors reached for antipsychotics off-label, a class of medicines that carries a black-box warning for increased death risk in older dementia patients. On April 30, 2026, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Axsome Therapeutics' Auvelity for the indication, doubling the menu of approved options from one to two.

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