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Last Updated: 08/05/2026

Autifony Therapeutics

Stevenage
Founded 2011
Ion channel drug discovery platform for rare CNS disorders

Autifony Therapeutics is a clinical-stage UK biotech developing small molecule modulators of Kv3 voltage-gated potassium channels for rare genetic CNS disorders.

Lead programmes target Fragile X syndrome and rare myoclonic epilepsy syndromes, with preclinical work extending to schizophrenia, hearing loss, and neurodegenerative disease.

The company has partnered with Jazz Pharmaceuticals in a deal worth up to $770.5 million and maintains a collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim.

Autifony was founded in 2011 as a GSK spinout.