Neuroscience specialist Lundbeck has agreed to buy Longboard Pharmaceuticals for $2.6 billion, expanding its pipeline with an epilepsy drug tipped as a future blockbuster.
Takeda’s experimental epilepsy drug soticlestat has failed not one but two phase 3 trials – in Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome – throwing the future of the programme in doubt.
Drugmakers Pfizer and Flynn Pharma have formally launched an appeal against a £70 million ($84 million) fine levied by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for overcharging the NH
German specialty drugmaker Neuraxpharm has licensed commercial rights in Europe to a wearable device developed by Spanish start-up mjn-neuro that is designed to warn a person with epilepsy
Drugmakers Pfizer and Flynn Pharma have been fined £70 million ($84 million) by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for overcharging the NHS for a widely-used epilepsy drug.