Billionaire Herriot Tabuteau's Axsome wins FDA acceptance for narcolepsy drug
The FDA has accepted a narcolepsy drug from Axsome Therapeutics, the biotech built by Haitian-born billionaire Herriot Tabuteau, with a decision due in May 2027.
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The FDA has accepted a narcolepsy drug from Axsome Therapeutics, the biotech built by Haitian-born billionaire Herriot Tabuteau, with a decision due in May 2027.
Shares of Axsome Therapeutics have doubled in nine months, pushing the net worth of Haiti-born founder Herriot Tabuteau to $2.2 billion.
Axsome Therapeutics CEO Herriot Tabuteau sold 49,670 shares worth $11.97 million on June 9 under a pre-approved trading plan as AXSM trades near record highs.
Dr. Herriot Tabuteau came to America from Haiti at age nine and built a $6 billion brain disorder company that nobody believed in.