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Focal Epilepsy: 6 biotech companies competing in the clinic

Neurology & PsychiatryGold rushData as of 2026-09-04

Competitors6in the clinic
Median market cap$4.2Buniverse median $1.20B
Allocated capital$8.0B$39.1B competing
Phase 3 or filed23 mid, 1 early
Pure plays0this indication only
Capital rank22/299crowding rank 25

Focal Epilepsy is both crowded and richly priced: 6 companies are in the clinic and the median one is worth $4.2B, against a universe median of $1.20B.

Crowded fields usually trade at a discount per company, so a premium in a field this deep says the market is pricing the size of the prize above the cost of the competition.

2 of the 6 are in Phase 3 or filed, and 5 dated catalysts fall in the next 12 months, so this ranking is likely to move.

$8.0B of allocated capital sits in Focal Epilepsy, ranking it 22nd of 299 indications by the money committed to it.

Companies developing drugs for Focal Epilepsy 6

TickerCompanyLead assetPhaseTrialsMarket capPure playIndicationsNext catalyst
XENEXenon PharmaceuticalsXEN1101Phase 33$5.8BNo4 7 Sep 2026
RAPPRapport TherapeuticsRAP-219Phase 33$2.3BNo2 1 Oct 2026
PRAXPraxis Precision MedicinesPRAX-628Phase 21$9.9BNo3 27 Dec 2026
SUPNSupernus PharmaceuticalsSPN-817Phase 23$2.6BNo4No dated event
BHVNBiohavenBHV-7000Phase 23$2.4BNo7 23 Oct 2026
JAZZJazz PharmaceuticalsCBD-OSPhase 11$16.1BNo14 30 Sep 2026

Sorted by phase, then by market capitalisation. Ticker links open the company profile. JAZZ holds 41% of the $39.1B competing in this indication.

Why Focal Epilepsy is a gold rush

Crowded and richly priced: six or more competitors, and the median one is worth more than the median small or mid cap biotech.

The map splits indications on two folds: six or more competitors counts as crowded, and a median company above $1.20B counts as richly priced. Focal Epilepsy has 6 competitors and a median of $4.2B.

Neurology & Psychiatry

Neurology & Psychiatry holds $120B of the map's capital, 17.9% of the total, spread across 46 indications and 58 companies. 19 of those indications have more than one company competing.

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Focal Epilepsy pipeline questions

Which biotech companies are developing drugs for Focal Epilepsy?

6 US-listed companies in the $100M to $20B market cap band run clinical programmes in Focal Epilepsy. The largest and most advanced are Xenon Pharmaceuticals (XENE, XEN1101, Phase 3); Rapport Therapeutics (RAPP, RAP-219, Phase 3); Praxis Precision Medicines (PRAX, PRAX-628, Phase 2); Supernus Pharmaceuticals (SUPN, SPN-817, Phase 2); Biohaven (BHVN, BHV-7000, Phase 2). The full list of 6 is in the table on this page.

How advanced is the Focal Epilepsy pipeline?

Of the 6 clinical-stage programmes in Focal Epilepsy, 2 are in Phase 3 or filed, 3 are in mid-stage development and 1 is in early-stage development.

How much is the typical Focal Epilepsy biotech company worth?

The median company developing a drug for Focal Epilepsy is worth $4.2B, against a median of $1.20B across the whole universe. $8.0B of allocated capital sits in the indication, ranking it 22nd of 299.

When is the next Focal Epilepsy catalyst?

The next dated catalyst in Focal Epilepsy is XENE on 7 Sep 2026. 5 dated events across the field fall in the next 12 months.

How this page is built

  • Universe is US-listed drug developers with a $100M to $20B market capitalisation, identified by SEC SIC code 2833, 2834 or 2836 or by a pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry classification, less a reviewed exclusion list of contract research organisations, device and diagnostics makers and diversified generics manufacturers.
  • An asset attributed to three or more different companies is treated as shared standard of care rather than any one company’s programme and excluded. Pembrolizumab alone appears under 21 tickers in raw trial data.
  • A programme counts only where at least one industry-sponsored trial supports it, so investigator-initiated academic studies of third-party drugs are excluded.

Allocated capital divides each company’s market capitalisation evenly across the indications it is running clinical programmes in, so every dollar of the universe is counted exactly once. Total market capitalisation competing counts a company in each of its indications and therefore sums to more than the universe.

Third-party market size estimates are not used anywhere on this page. Approved incumbents are excluded from competitor counts, and companies above $20B are outside the universe by construction.

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