Acorda Therapeutics is a biotechnology

Biotechnology

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 company based in Hawthorne, New York

Hawthorne, New York

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. Acorda Therapeutics develops drugs to improve therapies that improve neurological function in people with multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms...

, spinal cord injury

Spinal cord injury

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 and other disorders of the central nervous system

Central nervous system

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. Acorda manufactures and markets the drugs Zanaflex

Tizanidine

Tizanidine is a drug that is used as a muscle relaxant. It is a centrally acting α2 adrenergic agonist. It is used to treat the spasms, cramping, and tightness of muscles caused by medical problems such as multiple sclerosis, spastic diplegia, back pain, or certain other injuries to the spine or...

and Ampyra

4-Aminopyridine

4-Aminopyridine is an organic compound with the chemical formula C5H4N–NH2. The molecule is one of the three isomeric amines of pyridine...

in the United States.

Corporate governance

the members of the board of directors

Board of directors

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 of Acorda Therapeutics are: Ron Cohen, Barry Greene, John Kelley, Sandra Panem, Lorin J. Randall, Steven M. Rauscher, Ian F. Smith, and Wise Young.

Products on the market

• Zanaflex
  Tizanidine
  Tizanidine is a drug that is used as a muscle relaxant. It is a centrally acting α2 adrenergic agonist. It is used to treat the spasms, cramping, and tightness of muscles caused by medical problems such as multiple sclerosis, spastic diplegia, back pain, or certain other injuries to the spine or...
  
  
• Ampyra
  4-Aminopyridine
  4-Aminopyridine is an organic compound with the chemical formula C5H4N–NH2. The molecule is one of the three isomeric amines of pyridine...
  
  

External links

• Acorda Therapeutics Inc. The New York Times
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• Acorda Therapeutics Inc.

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