The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Friday, March 20, 2026
Alkermes plc and Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc, announced Alkermes’ completion of its acquisition of Avadel, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company. The acquisition adds Avadel’s FDA-approved product, LUMRYZ®, to Alkermes’ commercial portfolio, and provides Alkermes with a commercial organization experienced in this disease state. This strategic move accelerates Alkermes’ entry into the sleep […]
EnsoData Raises $20M to Accelerate Commercialization of AI-powered Sleep Solutions EnsoData, an innovator in AI healthtech solutions, announced a $20 million Series B financing led by Questa Capital. This new capital will enable EnsoData to accelerate adoption of its AI-powered sleep medicine solutions, improving the sleep care pathway for, in […]
Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on transforming medicines to transform lives, and XWPharma Ltd. (“XWPharma”) together announced today that Avadel has entered into an exclusive global license agreement with XWPharma to develop and commercialize valiloxybate, a GABAB receptor agonist, for all indications, including the treatment of sleep disorders, such […]
Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on transforming medicines to transform lives, announced that, on Friday, June 27, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the “Appeals Court”) affirmed a prior decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (the “District […]
Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on transforming medicines to transform lives, announced today that LUMRYZTM has been granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of Idiopathic Hypersomnia (IH). Specifically, ODD was granted based on the plausible hypothesis that LUMRYZ may […]
Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc, a biopharmaceutical company focused on transforming medicines to transform lives, today announced that new data supporting the use of LUMRYZ as a narcolepsy treatment and additional data to better understand the real-life experience of people living with narcolepsy will be presented in four oral presentations and 14 […]
Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc , a biopharmaceutical company focused on transforming medicines to transform lives, announced that yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (“Court”) ruled in favor of the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) in a suit brought by Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“Jazz”) under the Administrative Procedure […]
Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for LUMRYZ for the treatment of cataplexy or EDS in patients 7 years of age and older with narcolepsy. “This approval represents an important milestone for the narcolepsy community, […]
Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has granted final approval to LUMRYZ, an extended-release formulation of sodium oxybate indicated to be taken once at bedtime for the treatment of cataplexy or excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in adults with narcolepsy. With final approval, LUMRYZ becomes […]
