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AbbVie’s Qulipta cleared for migraine prevention, setting up Biohaven clash

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AbbVie has added a third drug to its arsenal in the crowded migraine market, getting FDA approval for Qulipta – its once-daily oral preventive therapy for episodic migraines. AbbVie acquired Qulipta in 2020 as part of its $63 billion takeover of Allergan, which also brought in Botox and Ubrelvy.

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U.S. FDA Accepts AbbVie’s New Drug Application for Atogepant for the Preventive Treatment of Migraine

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2] – The atogepant application demonstrates AbbVie’s longstanding commitment to providing multiple migraine treatment options, including BOTOX® (onabotulinumtoxinA), a preventive treatment for those with chronic migraine, and UBRELVY® (ubrogepant), an acute treatment for adults with migraine. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.

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GW Pharma Hopes to Bring Its Second Cannabis-Based Drug to Market in the U.S.

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Food and Drug Administration, Gover said he believes there is a “clear path” to the submission of a New Drug Application as soon as 2021. There are a few medications approved to treat spasticity, including the generic baclofen and Botox. Now is the ideal time to develop nabiximols in the U.S. It also forced the U.S.

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Novartis’ Aimovig tops topiramate in migraine face-off

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The HER-MES trial found that Aimovig (erenumab) was more effective at preventing migraine attacks and also better tolerated than topiramate, a generic epilepsy drug which is known to have side effects like sleepiness, dizziness, diarrhoea and nausea. Novartis and Amgen are however locked in a legal battle over marketing rights to the drug.

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NICE backs Lilly’s Emgality for migraine, adding pressure on Novartis

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UK cost-effectiveness agency NICE has said that Eli Lilly’s Emgality can be made available through the NHS for migraine prevention, the second drug in the CGRP inhibitor class to achieve that milestone. Aimovig is said to be the most prescribed anti-CGRP drug worldwide with more than 480,000 patients prescribed the drug worldwide.

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NICE backs Lilly’s Emgality for migraine, adding pressure on Novartis

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UK cost-effectiveness agency NICE has said that Eli Lilly’s Emgality can be made available through the NHS for migraine prevention, the second drug in the CGRP inhibitor class to achieve that milestone. Aimovig is said to be the most prescribed anti-CGRP drug worldwide with more than 480,000 patients prescribed the drug worldwide.

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AbbVie adds to neuroscience pipeline with $1bn Syndesi buy

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The total value of the deal could rise to $1 billion, dependent on whether Syndesi’s SV2A drugs – headed by early-stage clinical candidate SDI-118 – progress in development and reach the market.

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