The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Harmony Biosciences announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for WAKIX® (pitolisant) tablets for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in pediatric patients six years of age and older with narcolepsy. The FDA separated the submission into two sNDAs […]
Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Investigational New Drug application (IND) to initiate a Phase 1 first-in-human clinical trial of ORX750 for the treatment of narcolepsy. ORX750 is an investigational, orally administered, highly potent and selective orexin receptor 2 (OX2R) agonist […]
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. has announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Bioprojet to develop, manufacture and commercialize TPM-1116, a highly potent and selective oral orexin-2 receptor (OX2R) agonist that will be evaluated for the treatment of narcolepsy and other sleep/wake disorders. TPM-1116 represents a new chemical series of OX2R agonists […]
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. has announced that AXS-12 (reboxetine), a highly selective and potent norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor and cortical dopamine modulator, achieved the primary endpoint and significantly reduced the frequency of cataplexy attacks as compared to placebo in patients with narcolepsy in the SYMPHONY Phase 3 trial. AXS-12 also reduced excessive […]
Takeda has announced positive topline results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple-dose Phase 2b trial evaluating TAK-861, an oral orexin receptor 2 (OX2R) agonist, in patients with narcolepsy type 1. Narcolepsy is a chronic, rare neurological disorder of central hypersomnolence with significant unmet need despite multiple approved therapies. It is […]
– SynAIRgy Compares AD109 to Placebo Over 6 Months in People with OSA who Are Intolerant of or Refuse Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Therapy, the Current Standard of Care – Part of a two-study registrational Phase 3 program that also includes LunAIRo which began enrollment in September 2023 Apnimed, Inc., […]
NLS Pharmaceutics Ltd., a Swiss clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapies for patients with rare and complex central nervous system (“CNS”) disorders, announced that NLS has entered into an exclusive worldwide option agreement with Aexon Labs, Inc., a privately held U.S. company (“Aexon Labs”), […]
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc announced that the Company and its partners will present 14 abstracts from across its sleep medicine portfolio, including two oral presentations, at the 17th annual World Sleep 2023 Congress, held October 20-25 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The oral presentations include findings from the real-world TENOR study, […]
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. announced the presentation of new secondary endpoint data, including improvements in behavioral disturbances, from its Phase 2 signal-detection study evaluating pitolisant for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) at the 2023 Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (FPWR) Symposium and Family Conference. The […]
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc announced that six abstracts presenting data from across its sleep medicine portfolio were featured at the 36th annual Psych Congress, held September 6-10, 2023. One of the accepted abstracts provided a comprehensive review of clinical data that assessed the impact of oxybate on sleep quality, sleep architecture and […]
