Handeln Sage Therapeutics, Inc. - SAGE CFD

Sage Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes novel medicines to treat central nervous system disorders. Its lead product candidate comprises brexanolone, a proprietary intravenous formulation of allopregnanolone that has completed III clinical trials for the treatment of post-partum depression (PPD). The company's product pipeline also includes SAGE-217, a novel neuroactive steroid, which has completed Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of PPD, major depressive disorders, bipolar depression, Parkinson's disease, and sleep disorders; and SAGE-718, an oxysterol-based positive allosteric modulator of NMDA receptors for the treatment of depression, Alzheimer's disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, Huntington's disease, and neuropathic pain. In addition, its product pipeline comprises SAGE-324, a novel neuroactive steroid for the treatment of GABA hypofunction; and product pipeline that are in preclinical stage includes SAGE-689 and SAGE-105 novel GABAA receptor modulators The company was formerly known as Sterogen Biopharma, Inc. and changed its name to Sage Therapeutics, Inc. in September 2011. Sage Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.