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Mihael H. Polymeropoulos

Mihael H. Polymeropoulos

President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman, Vanda Pharmaceuticals

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New antipsychotic approvals expand treatment options for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

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Leading Vanda through dual drug launches in 2026

Every atypical antipsychotic approved since the early 1990s has worked the same basic way: blocking dopamine receptors in the brain. In the past 17 months, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved three new psychiatric drugs—including Cobenfy, the first schizophrenia treatment with a genuinely novel mechanism in over 50 years, and now Bysanti, a new chemical entity from Vanda Pharmaceuticals cleared for both bipolar I disorder and schizophrenia. For the roughly 7 million Americans living with these conditions, the options just got meaningfully wider.

Updated Feb 21