Neuren Pharmaceuticals: From New Zealand roots to ASX stardom

Neuren Pharmaceuticals: From New Zealand roots to ASX stardom
Neuren's Melbourne-based CEO Jon Pilcher credits the pharmaceutical firm's breakthrough medications to NZ research. (Image: Neuren Pharmaceuticals)
Rebecca Stevenson
It was the best-performing stock on the ASX in 2023, has a market cap of about $2.2 billion, doesn’t have an office, and was founded in New Zealand. Neuren Pharmaceutical’s medication trofinetide became the first US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved treatment for the disabling neurological disorder Rett syndrome in March 2023. Rett syndrome is rare, “profoundly debilitating”, and mostly affects female children. It leads to developmental delays and sometimes regressions as the child ages. Neuren s...

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