With Post-Brexit Move to Amsterdam Complete, EMA Renews Rare Disease Focus

The gleaming new Dutch headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), fronting Domenico Scarlattilaan in Amsterdam’s suburban Zuidas business district, finally opened for business last month — just over two…

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These Two Companies Just Announced a Partnership to Develop Multiple Gene Therapies
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These Two Companies Just Announced a Partnership to Develop Multiple Gene Therapies

According to a story from BioSpace, the gene therapy companies Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. and StrideBio, Inc. have recently announced the completion of a licensing and collaboration agreement that could lead…

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CBD-Based Treatment for Rare Childhood Epilepsies Gets Recommendation from NICE
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CBD-Based Treatment for Rare Childhood Epilepsies Gets Recommendation from NICE

According to a story from BioPortfolio, the biopharmaceutical company GW Pharmaceuticals plc recently announced that its medicine Epidyolex has earned recommendation from the UK National Institute for Health and Care…

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Initial Trial Data Looks Promising for a Potential Treatment for Rare Epilepsies
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Initial Trial Data Looks Promising for a Potential Treatment for Rare Epilepsies

According to a story from sectorpublishingintelligence.co.uk, the drug company Ovid Therapeutics Inc. has recently announced that the early data from its phase 2 clinical trial is mostly encouraging. This clinical…

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A Nasal Spray Has Just Become the First New Therapy Approved by the FDA for Cluster Seizures in 20 Years

Cluster Seizures Approximately 1/3 of all epilepsy patients live with uncontrolled seizures. Of these, around 150,000 in the United States alone  experience cluster seizures (otherwise known as acute-repetitive seizures, crescendo…

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A Recap on 2018: Record Number of Drugs Approved by the FDA for Rare Diseases

Each year the Food and Drug Administration approves dozens of new therapies to fulfill unmet needs for various patient populations. It's just been published that in 2018 they approved a…

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FDA Commissioner Releases Statement on Targeted Therapies, New Efficiency Measures, and Modernizing Development
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FDA Commissioner Releases Statement on Targeted Therapies, New Efficiency Measures, and Modernizing Development

According to a story from Pharma Voice, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the current commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently released a statement in regards to efforts…

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Two Phase 2 Clinical Studies of a Drug for Rare Epilepsies Have Been Initiated

Two Phase 2 clinical trials called ‘Elektra’ and ‘Arcade’ have been initiated. They will investigate the drug OV935/TAK-935 as a potential treatment for paediatric patients with rare epilepsies. For more…

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Takeda and Ovid Have Provided an Update on the Clinical Development Program for an Investigational Anti-Epileptic Drug
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Takeda and Ovid Have Provided an Update on the Clinical Development Program for an Investigational Anti-Epileptic Drug

  Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Ovid Therapeutics have released an overview of the clinical development program for TAK-935/OV935, an investigational drug that is being developed as a potential anti-epileptic…

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New Partnership May Have Implications for Those with Dravet, Alzheimer’s, Epilepsy, and More

According to Newswire, the two companies, BioMotiv and Cure Network Dolby Acceleration Partners (CNDAP) partnered up together in order to create small molecules that can potentially treat various neurological disorders, including…

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Three Planned Studies of an Experimental Drug to Treat Rare Epilepsies Have Been Announced
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Three Planned Studies of an Experimental Drug to Treat Rare Epilepsies Have Been Announced

The organisations Takeda Pharmaceutical Company and Ovid Therapeutics are collaborating over the development of the experimental drug TAK-935/OV935 as a possible treatment for several rare epilepsy syndromes. Takeda has just…

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A Phase 3 Study Has Shown Encouraging Results for an Investigational Treatment for Dravet Syndrome
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A Phase 3 Study Has Shown Encouraging Results for an Investigational Treatment for Dravet Syndrome

Zogenix, Inc has announced the top-line results from a Phase 3 study of the investigational drug ZX008 (low-dose fenfluramine hydrochloride) for the treatment of young patients with Dravet syndrome. The…

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First Drug Made From Cannabis Approved by the FDA For Dravet Syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
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First Drug Made From Cannabis Approved by the FDA For Dravet Syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome

According to a story from the Washington Post, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the approval of Epidiolex®, a solution whose active ingredient is a refined version…

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