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Health Care & Hospital Law

Mar. 13, 2024

Judge certifies class alleging maker of Parkinson’s drug misled investors

The lawsuit alleges that the company failed to disclose adverse information relating to its flagship Parkinson’s treatment drug, artificially inflating stock prices and causing substantial losses when it was revealed that the FDA would not approve the company’s application for expanded use.

A federal judge certified a class of investors who say a San Diego biopharmaceutical company failed to disclose adverse results in studies of its flagship Parkinson’s disease treatment drug, and misled the public into believing it would receive Food and Drug Administration approval for expanded use.

Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. develops and sells small-molecule drugs for the treatment of central nervous system disorders. The company develo...

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