Company Profile

Acorda Therapeutics Inc
Profile last edited on: 12/3/2023      CAGE: 305Q1      UEI: R5D3FUPFFPK4

Business Identifier: Neurology therapies for Parkinson's disease, migraine and multiple sclerosis
Year Founded
1995
First Award
1996
Latest Award
2005
Program Status
Inactive
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Location Information

2 Blue Hill Plaza 3rd Floor
Pearl River, NY 10965
   (914) 347-4300
   info@acorda.com
   www.acorda.com
Location: Multiple
Congr. District: 17
County: Westchester

Public Profile

Acorda Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing therapies that improve the lives of people with neurological disorders. Acorda markets three FDA-approved therapies including: AMPYRA® (dalfampridine), a treatment to improve walking in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), as demonstrated by an increase in walking speed; ZANAFLEX , a short-acting drug for the management of spasticity; and QUTENZA® (capsaicin), for the management of neuropathic pain associated with postherpetic neuralgia. AMPYRA is marketed outside the United States as FAMPYRA® by Biogen Idec under a licensing agreement from Acorda. Acorda has one of the leading pipelines in the industry of novel neurological therapies. Since 2012, the firmhas made three acquisitions

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
100-149
Revenue Range
10M-15M
VC funded?
Yes
Public/Private
Publicly Traded
Stock Info
NASDAQ : ACOR
IP Holdings
150-249

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2005 1 NIH $184,388
Project Title: Molecular Evolution of Chondroitinase ABCI for SCI
2005 1 NIH $156,491
Project Title: Effects of Chondroitinase and Training in Acute SCI
2005 1 NIH $153,151
Project Title: Chimeric proteins for the treatment of spinal cord injury
2004 2 NIH $1,220,876
Project Title: Human Monoclonal Antibodies for CNS Regeneration
2003 1 NIH $107,300
Project Title: Release Chondroitinase Systems for Spinal Cord Injury

Key People / Management

  Ron Cohen -- CEO

  Andrew R Blight

  Anthony O Caggiano

  Eric W Chojnicki

  Anindita Ganguly

  Martin H Grumet

  Magdalena Hofer

  Timothy J Neuberger

  Moses Rodriquez

  Shuguang Zhang