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Sage Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on developing and commercializing brain health medicines. The Company's product, ZULRESSO (brexanolone) CIV injection, is for the treatment of postpartum depression (PPD) in adults. It has a portfolio of other product candidates with a focus on modulating two central nervous systems (CNS) receptor systems, GABA and NMDA. It targets diseases and disorders of the brain with three focus areas: depression, neurology and neuropsychiatry. Its other advanced product candidate is zuranolone (SAGE-217), an oral compound being developed for certain affective disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD) and PPD. Zuranolone is a neuroactive steroid that is a positive allosteric modulator of GABAA receptors, targeting both synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAA receptors. The Company has a portfolio of other compounds that target GABAA receptors, including SAGE-324.