Here's Why Sage Therapeutics Stock Is Sliding Today

Shares of Sage Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SAGE) are being beaten down today in response to an important clinical trial readout for a potential new depression drug, zuranolone. Investors unhappy with lackluster results for the drug pushed the biotech stock 17% lower as of 12:38 p.m. EDT on Tuesday.

Today, Sage Therapeutics announced top-line results from the Waterfall study with zuranolone, a potential new drug for major depressive disorder that the company is developing in partnership with Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB).

Treatment with zuranolone significantly improved patients' scores on the HAMD-17 test, a common method for measuring depression severity. Unfortunately, a reduction of just 1.7 points on a test with more than 50 possible points isn't going to impress psychiatrists, who are clamoring for improvements to drugs like Zoloft.

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