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Promising Data for First New Narcolepsy Drug in Ten Years, Pending Approval

Platform presentation highlights open-label, long-term safety and tolerability results, durability of effect over time in both EDS and cataplexy in patients with narcolepsy Harmony Biosciences, LLC (Harmony) recently presented new data on pitolisant at the 7th International Symposium on Narcolepsy in Beverly, MA. Pitolisant is an investigational product that has […]

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Pediatric Health Pharmacological Sleep Disorders

FDA Approves ORKAMBI®, First Medicine to Treat the Underlying Cause of CF for Children Ages 2-5 Years with Most Common Form of the Disease

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ORKAMBI® (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) to include use in children ages 2 through 5 years with cystic fibrosis (CF) who have two copies of the F508del-CFTR mutation, making it the first medicine approved to treat the underlying cause of CF […]

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Pharmacological

Sunovion First To Offer Nebulized Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonist (LAMA) For COPD In The U.S.

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Sunovion) today announced that Lonhala™ Magnair™ (glycopyrrolate) Inhalation Solution (25 mcg twice daily) is now available at pharmacies in the U.S. for the long-term, maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema. LONHALA MAGNAIR is the first […]