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 […]
Tag: SLEEP PHARMACEUTICALS
Apnea Pill: First Patient Dosed in Second Phase 3 Clinical Trial
– 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., […]
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Presents Latest Advancements at World Sleep 2023
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, […]
Promising Results for Narcolepsy Type 1 Treatment, but Safety Concerns Arise
Takeda announced that data from the Phase 2 study of orexin receptor 2 (OX2R) agonist TAK-994 in patients with narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. These data represent the first-ever clinical data to be published of an oral orexin agonist in NT1. The […]
Sleep Lab Magazine SLEEP 2023 Conference Edition
Sleep Lab Magazine SLEEP 2023 Conference Edition Cover Article Women and Sleep Kin Yuen, MD Feature Articles Sensor Integration: A Paradigm Shift for Oral Appliances Nathan Costiuc, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC Can’t Stop Dreaming: Taylor’s Narcolepsy Story Taylor Dillon Issue Extras SLEEP 2023 Select Exhibitors The Sleep Technologists Behind the V-Com […]
Apnimed Sleep Apnea Pill Granted FDA Fast Track Designation
Apnimed, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing oral pharmacologic treatments to address obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and related disorders, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for its oral pharmacologic AD109 for the treatment of OSA. “Fast Track designation is a significant […]
Jazz to Present New Data at SLEEP 2022 Reinforcing Leadership in Sleep Medicine
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc announced that the Company and its partners will present 17 new abstracts from across its neuroscience portfolio at SLEEP 2022, the 36th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) being held June 4-8, 2022. “Our latest research being presented at SLEEP 2022 provides important insights that benefit […]
Investigational Sleep Apnea Pill Continues to Show Meaningful Benefit
Apnimed, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing oral pharmacologic treatments to address obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and related disorders, today announced positive data across multiple endpoints from a Phase 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, four-period, single-dose crossover factorial clinical trial (APC-003), and a 28-day open-label extension study, evaluating AD109 as […]
Philip Morris Acquires Inhaled Respiratory Drug Company
Philip Morris International Inc. announced its acquisition of OtiTopic, a U.S. respiratory drug development company with a late-stage inhalable acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) treatment for acute myocardial infarction. If approved, the treatment can address the significant unmet medical need of the over 83 million people, in the U.S. alone, at intermediate […]
Apnimed Sleep Apnea Pill Secures $25 Million in Financing
Apnimed raised $25 million in a Series B financing led by existing investor, Morningside Ventures, and joined by new investors, Seligman Investments and Tao Capital Partners. The proceeds will support Apnimed’s ongoing development and commercialization plans. The company is advancing its lead program, AD109, an oral disease-modifying therapeutic for the […]













