UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 5, 2008

ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

DELAWARE	000-50768	06-1376651
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3911 SORRENTO VALLEY BOULEVARD SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA	92121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(858) 558-2871

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On November 5, 2008, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008. A copy of this press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such exhibit and the information set forth therein and in this Item 2.02 have been furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liability under that section nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing regardless of any general incorporation language.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) The following exhibit is furnished herewith:

99.1 Press release dated November 5, 2008

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.
	By:	/s/ Thomas H. Aasen
Date: November 5, 2008		Thomas H. Aasen
		Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press release dated November 5, 2008

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