SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Williamson Douglas J (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 12830 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 400 (Street) SAN DIEGO CA 92130 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 02/01/2023	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC [ ACAD ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Executive VP, Research & Dev	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ Austin D. Kim, Attorney-in-Fact	02/13/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby authorizes each of
Austin D. Kim, Peter Chae, James K. Kihara or Martin Choy to execute for and on
behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer of Acadia
Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any Amendments
thereto, and cause such form(s) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
relating to the undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities in the Company.
 The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or substitute or
substitutes of such attorney-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest
to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (c) as to any attorney-in-fact
individually, until such attorney-in-fact shall no longer be employed by the
Company.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed this 24th day of January 2023.


							/s/ Douglas J. Williamson
							Douglas J. Williamson