NASDAQ : PRAX

Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. — Company profile

Healthcare · Biotechnology · United States

Last price 288.62 USD (Oct 29, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT) · Market cap 8.06B

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Company profile

Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development of therapies for central nervous system (CNS) disorders characterized by neuronal excitation-inhibition imbalance in the United States. The company’s platforms include Cerebrum, a small molecule platform for CNS small molecule therapies to develop orally available precision therapies; and Solidus to discover and develop antisense oligonucleotide. It also develops ulixacaltamide, a small molecule inhibitor of T-type calcium channels that in NDA for the treatment of essential tremor; relutrigine, a small molecule, which is in NDA for the treatment of SCN2A- and SCN8A-developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE), as well as in Phase 3 trial for broad DEEs; vormatrigine, a small molecule targeting the hyperexcitable state of sodium-channels in the brain that is in Phase 3 trial for the treatment of adjunctive focal epilepsy, as well as in Phase 2 trial for monotherapy focal epilepsy; and Elsunersen, a clinical-stage ASO designed to selectively decrease SCN2A gene expression, which is in Phase 3 trial for the treatment of SCN2A-DEE. In addition, the company is developing product candidates in pre-clinical trial comprising PRAX-020 to treat KCNT1; PRAX-080 that targets PCDH19 mosaic expression disorders; PRAX-090 for targeting SYNGAP1 loss-of-function; and PRAX-100 that targets SCN2A LoF mutations. It has a cooperation and license agreement with RogCon Inc.; research collaboration, option, and license agreement with Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and research collaboration and license agreement to develop an iontophoretic transdermal patch for the delivery of ulixacaltamide. The company was formerly known as EpiPM Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. in October 2016. Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Details

NamePraxis Precision Medicines, Inc.
SectorHealthcare
IndustryBiotechnology
Employees168
Founded2015
Ipo Date2020-10-16
CeoMarcio De'Souza
CountryUnited States
ExchangeNASDAQ
Fiscal YearJanuary - December
Reporting CurrencyUSD
Ipo Price19.00
IsinUS74006W2070
Cusip74006W207
Cik0001689548
Sic2834
Stock TypeCommon Stock

Key executives

NameTitle
Marcio Silva De'Souza M.B.A.President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Timothy Edwin KellyChief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Alex Nemiroff J.D.General Counsel and Secretary
Dr. Steven Petrou B.Sc. (Hons.), Ph.D.Co-Founder and President of Research and Development
Megan T. SniecinskiChief Operating Officer
Dr. Karl Hansen Ph.D.Chief Technical Operations Officer
Kelly McCueChief People Officer
Alyssa J. S. WyantChief Regulatory and Quality Officer
Brian SparChief of Staff
Dr. Orrin Devinsky M.D., Ph.D.Head of Clinical Strategy

Contact

Address99 High Street, 30th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, United States
Phone617 300 8460
Websitehttps://praxismedicines.com