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ACAD vs NVS

Side-by-side comparison of ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ACAD) and Novartis AG (NVS): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both ACAD and NVS operate in Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
  • NVS is the larger of the two at $284.62B, about 77.1x ACAD ($3.69B).
  • Over the past year, ACAD is down 3.3% and NVS is up 26.3% - NVS leads by 29.6 points.
  • ACAD has hit the wire 9 times in the past 4 weeks while NVS has been quiet.
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceACAD-3.32%NVS+26.30%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricACADNVS
Company
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Novartis AG
Price
$21.56-0.71%
$149.07+0.43%
Market cap
$3.69B
$284.62B
1M return
+0.47%
+0.52%
1Y return
-3.32%
+26.30%
Industry
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Preparations
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
1985
News (4w)
9
0
Recent ratings
25
25
ACAD

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of small molecule drugs that address unmet medical needs in central nervous system disorders. The company offers NUPLAZID (pimavanserin) for the treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson's disease psychosis; Trofinetide, a novel synthetic analog for the treatment of Rett syndrome; ACP-044, a novel first-in-class orally administered non-opioid analgesic for treating acute and chronic pain; and ACP-319, a positive allosteric modulator of the muscarinic receptor for treating cognition and schizophrenia. It is also developing pimavanserin as a treatment for dementia-related psychosis and as an adjunctive treatment for schizophrenia; and pimavanserin as an adjunctive treatment for major depressive disorder. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

NVS

Novartis AG

Novartis AG researches, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Innovative Medicines and Sandoz. The Innovative Medicines segment offers prescription medicines for patients and healthcare providers. It also provides ophthalmology, neuroscience, immunology, hepatology and dermatology, respiratory, established, and cardiovascular, renal and metabolism medicine products. The Sandoz segment provides active ingredients and finished dosage forms of small molecule pharmaceuticals to third parties across a range of therapeutic areas, as well as finished dosage form anti-infectives. It also provides active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates primarily antibiotics; protein- or other biotechnology-based products, including biosimilars; and biotechnology manufacturing services. Novartis AG has a license and collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to develop, manufacture, and commercialize inclisiran; an agreement with CureVac to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine candidate CVnCoV; a collaboration with Artios Pharma Limited to create next generation DDR cancer therapies; and a clinical collaboration with Kura Oncology, Inc. to evaluate the combination of Tipifarnib and Alpelisib in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

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