Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the genetic epilepsies into the development of therapies for central nervous system, or CNS, disorders characterized by neuronal excitation-inhibition imbalance. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and currently employs 116 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2020-10-16. The firm is applying genetic insights to the discovery and development of therapies for neurological disorders through two platforms, using its understanding of shared biological targets and circuits in the brain. Its platform includes Cerebrum, a small-molecule platform, which utilizes deep understanding of neuronal excitability and neuronal networks and applies a series of computational and experimental tools to develop orally available precision therapies, and Solidus, an antisense oligonucleotide platform, is an efficient, targeted precision medicine discovery and development engine anchored on a proprietary, computational methodology. The Company’s product candidates include ulixacaltamide, vormatrigine, relutrigine, PRAX-080, and others.
