epilepsy

UCB’s Fintepla (fenfluramine) oral solution has been recommended for marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), a rare, severe form of epilepsy.  The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency based its positive opinion on safety and efficacy data […]

Neuroscientists have identified and developed a new drug candidate that has the potential to effectively treat temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) by suppressing neuroinflammation.  Although symptomatic medications are available, one-third of TLE patients remain unresponsive to current treatment, so new drug targets are critically needed. Most of these drugs target neurons and synapses in the brain, […]

Angelini Pharma has announced that cenobamate, an oral anti-seizure medicine (ASM), is now available for use within NHS Scotland as a treatment for eligible adults with uncontrolled focal epilepsy. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted cenobamate for restricted use in adults with drug-resistant epilepsy as a second-line adjunctive ASM, after failure of the first […]