Acorda Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing therapies that improve the lives of people with neurological disorders. Acorda markets three FDA-approved therapies including: AMPYRA® (dalfampridine), a treatment to improve walking in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), as demonstrated by an increase in walking speed; ZANAFLEX , a short-acting drug for the management of spasticity; and QUTENZA® (capsaicin), for the management of neuropathic pain associated with postherpetic neuralgia. AMPYRA is marketed outside the United States as FAMPYRA® by Biogen Idec under a licensing agreement from Acorda. Acorda has one of the leading pipelines in the industry of novel neurological therapies. Since 2012, the firmhas made three acquisitions