Axsome Therapeutics Highlights Data Across Its Leading Neuroscience Pipeline at Psych Congress 2025

NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AXSM), a biopharmaceutical company leading a new era in the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced six presentations across its broad portfolio of innovative neuroscience products and product candidates at Psych Congress 2025, being held September 17 - 21, 2025, in San Diego, California.

Details of the presentations are as follows:

Major Depressive Disorder

• Title: Initiating Auvelity^® (dextromethorphan 45 mg-bupropion 105 mg) in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder: Expert Panel Consensus Recommendations
  
  Presentation Date and Time: Friday, September 19, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 - 7:15 p.m.; Saturday, September 20, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. PT
  
  Lead Author: Anita H. Clayton, MD, Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine
  
  Poster Number: 184

Alzheimer's Disease Agitation

• Title: Efficacy and Safety of AXS-05 in Alzheimer's Disease Agitation: Results From ACCORD-2, a Phase 3 Randomized Withdrawal Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study
  
  Presentation Date and Time: Friday, September 19, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 - 7:15 p.m.; Saturday, September 20, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. PT
  
  Lead Author: Jeffrey Cummings, MD, ScD, Vice Chair of Research, UNLV Department of Brain Health
  
  Poster Number: 47

Narcolepsy

• Title: Impact of AXS-12 on Symptom Severity and Functional Impairment in Narcolepsy: Results from the Phase 3 SYMPHONY Trial
  
  Presentation Date and Time: Friday, September 19, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 - 7:15 p.m.; Saturday, September 20, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. PT
  
  Lead Author: Michael Thorpy, MD, Director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at the Montefiore Medical Center and Professor of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
  
  Poster Number: 118

• Title: ENCORE: Topline Results of a Phase 3 Open-Label Extension and Randomized-Withdrawal Trial of AXS-12 in Narcolepsy
  
  Presentation Date and Time: Friday, September 19, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 - 7:15 p.m.; Saturday, September 20, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. PT
  
  Lead Author: Richard Bogan, MD, FCCP, FAASM, Associate Clinical Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, SC
  
  Poster Number: 42

• Title: Residual Symptom Burden in Patients with Narcolepsy Satisfied with Treatment: Subgroup Analysis from the CRESCENDO Survey
  
  Presentation Date and Time: Friday, September 19, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 - 7:15 p.m.; Saturday, September 20, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. PT
  
  Lead Author: Michael Thorpy, MD, Director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at the Montefiore Medical Center and Professor of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
  
  Poster Number: 110

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

• Title: Effects of Solriamfetol on Neuropsychological Outcomes in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Real-World SURWEY Study
  
  Presentation Date and Time: Friday, September 19, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 - 7:15 p.m.; Saturday, September 20, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. PT
  
  Lead Author: Yaroslav Winter, MD, Mainz Comprehensive Epilepsy and Sleep Medicine Center, Department of Neurology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
  
  Poster Number: 116

About Axsome Therapeutics

Axsome Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company leading a new era in the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) conditions. We deliver scientific breakthroughs by identifying critical gaps in care and develop differentiated products with a focus on novel mechanisms of action that enable meaningful advancements in patient outcomes. Our industry-leading neuroscience portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for major depressive disorder, excessive daytime sleepiness associated with narcolepsy and obstructive sleep apnea, and migraine, and multiple late-stage development programs addressing a broad range of serious neurological and psychiatric conditions that impact over 150 million people in the United States. Together, we are on a mission to solve some of the brain's biggest problems so patients and their loved ones can flourish. For more information, please visit us at www.axsome.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking statements". The Company may, in some cases, use terms such as "predicts," "believes," "potential," "continue," "estimates," "anticipates," "expects," "plans," "intends," "may," "could," "might," "will," "should" or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements. In particular, the Company's statements regarding trends and potential future results are examples of such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the commercial success of the Company's SUNOSI^®, AUVELITY^®, and SYMBRAVO^® products and the success of the Company's efforts to obtain any additional indication(s) with respect to solriamfetol and/or AXS-05; the Company's ability to maintain and expand payer coverage; the success, timing and cost of the Company's ongoing clinical trials and anticipated clinical trials for the Company's current product candidates, including statements regarding the timing of initiation, pace of enrollment and completion of the trials (including the Company's ability to fully fund the Company's disclosed clinical trials, which assumes no material changes to the Company's currently projected revenues or expenses), futility analyses and receipt of interim results, which are not necessarily indicative of the final results of the Company's ongoing clinical trials, and/or data readouts, and the number or type of studies or nature of results necessary to support the filing of a new drug application ("NDA") for any of the Company's current product candidates; the Company's ability to fund additional clinical trials to continue the advancement of the Company's product candidates; the timing of and the Company's ability to obtain and maintain U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") or other regulatory authority approval of, or other action with respect to, the Company's product candidates, including statements regarding the timing of any NDA submission; the Company's ability to successfully defend its intellectual property or obtain the necessary licenses at a cost acceptable to the Company, if at all; the Company's ability to successfully resolve any intellectual property litigation, and even if such disputes are settled, whether the applicable federal agencies will approve of such settlements; the successful implementation of the Company's research and development programs and collaborations; the success of the Company's license agreements; the acceptance by the market of the Company's products and product candidates, if approved; the Company's anticipated capital requirements, including the amount of capital required for the commercialization of SUNOSI, AUVELITY, and SYMBRAVO and for the Company's commercial launch of its other product candidates, if approved, and the potential impact on the Company's anticipated cash runway; the Company's ability to convert sales to recognized revenue and maintain a favorable gross to net sales; unforeseen circumstances or other disruptions to normal business operations arising from or related to domestic political climate, geo-political conflicts or a global pandemic and other factors, including general economic conditions and regulatory developments, not within the Company's control. The factors discussed herein could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed in or implied by such statements. The forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

Investors:

Ashley Dong

Director, Investor Relations

(929) 687-1614

[email protected]

Media:

Darren Opland

Senior Director, Corporate Communications

(929) 837-1065

[email protected]