Nxera Pharma’s Partner Neurocrine Biosciences Initiates Phase 3 Registrational Program of NBI-1117568 as a Potential Treatment for Adults with Schizophrenia

Tokyo, Japan and Cambridge, UK, 1 May 2025 – Nxera Pharma Co., Ltd. (“Nxera” or “the Company”; TSE 4565) today announces that its partner Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. (“Neurocrine”) has initiated a Phase 3 registrational program to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of NBI-1117568 (NBI-’568), an investigational oral muscarinic M4 selective orthosteric agonist, as a potential treatment for schizophrenia. Positive top-line data for the Phase 2 clinical study in adults with schizophrenia were reported in August 2024.