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Narcolepsy Type 1: one US-listed biotech with a clinical-stage programme

Neurology & PsychiatryUncontestedData as of 2026-09-04

Competitors1in the clinic
Median market cap$7.9Buniverse median $1.20B
Allocated capital$2.6B$7.9B competing
Phase 3 or filed10 mid, 0 early
Pure plays0this indication only
Capital rank78/299crowding rank 116

Narcolepsy Type 1 is uncontested. Alkermes (ALKS) is the only US-listed developer in the $100M to $20B band running a clinical programme here, with ALKS 2680 Dose 1 in phase 3.

There is no public comparable to price it against. ALKS spreads its $7.9B market cap across 3 indications, so $2.6B of it is allocated here.

The one programme here is in late-stage development, but it carries no dated catalyst in the next 12 months.

$2.6B of allocated capital sits in Narcolepsy Type 1, ranking it 78th of 299 indications by the money committed to it.

Companies developing drugs for Narcolepsy Type 1 1

TickerCompanyLead assetPhaseTrialsMarket capPure playIndicationsNext catalyst
ALKSAlkermesALKS 2680 Dose 1Phase 33$7.9BNo3No dated event

Sorted by phase, then by market capitalisation. Ticker links open the company profile.

Why Narcolepsy Type 1 counts as uncontested

Uncontested. One US-listed developer in the size band is running a clinical programme here, so there is no public comparable to price it against.

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. Narcolepsy Type 1 has one competitor and a median of $7.9B.

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Narcolepsy Type 1 pipeline questions

Which biotech companies are developing drugs for Narcolepsy Type 1?

Alkermes (ALKS, ALKS 2680 Dose 1, Phase 3). Those are the 1 US-listed developer in the $100M to $20B market cap band with a clinical-stage programme in Narcolepsy Type 1.

How advanced is the Narcolepsy Type 1 pipeline?

Of the 1 clinical-stage programme in Narcolepsy Type 1, 1 is in Phase 3 or filed, 0 are in mid-stage development and 0 are in early-stage development.

Is anyone else developing a drug for Narcolepsy Type 1?

No. ALKS is the only US-listed company in the $100M to $20B market cap band with a clinical-stage programme in Narcolepsy Type 1, which is why the indication is classified as uncontested.

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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