ACADIA Pharmaceuticals to Present at the JMP Securities Healthcare Focus Conference on October 6, 2009.

SAN DIEGO -- ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:ACAD), a biopharmaceutical company utilizing innovative technology to fuel drug discovery and clinical development of novel treatments for central nervous system disorders, today announced that it will present at the JMP Securities Healthcare Focus Conference on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time at The New York Palace Hotel in New York City.

A live webcast of ACADIA's presentation will be accessible on the company's website, www.acadia-pharm.com, under the investors section and an archived recording will be available on the website through October 20, 2009.

About ACADIA Pharmaceuticals

ACADIA is a biopharmaceutical company utilizing innovative technology to fuel drug discovery and clinical development of novel treatments for central nervous system disorders. ACADIA's product candidates include pimavanserin in Phase III for Parkinson's disease psychosis in collaboration with Biovail, a product candidate in Phase II for chronic pain and a product candidate in Phase I for glaucoma, both in collaboration with Allergan, as well as additional compounds in IND-track development. All of the product candidates in ACADIA's pipeline emanate from discoveries made using its proprietary drug discovery platform. ACADIA maintains a website at www.acadia-pharm.com to which ACADIA regularly posts copies of its press releases as well as additional information and through which interested parties can subscribe to receive email alerts.