What Is Wakix, and Why Does It Matter? Wakix (pitolisant) is a prescription medication used to treat narcolepsy, a long-term neurological sleep disorder that causes excessive daytime sleepiness and, ...

Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc has published six manuscripts in a CNS Drugs supplement titled "A New Dawn in the Management of Narcolepsy," focusing on clinical management strategies, shared ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic version of Jazz Pharmaceutical’s drug Xyrem to treat patients with narcolepsy. The generic drug, developed by Roxane Laboratories, is ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. Alkermes’ investigational ...

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.’s experimental narcolepsy drug significantly improved outcome for patients in late-stage clinical trials, and could become the first treatment to target the root cause of the ...

CHICAGO -- Novel orexin receptor 2 agonist oveporexton normalized wakefulness for most people with narcolepsy type 1 in two randomized phase III trials. Mean sleep latency across four, 40-minute ...

The "United States Narcolepsy Drugs Market to Reach US$ 2,233.56 Million by 2033 - 7.88% CAGR Driven by Novel Therapies and Better Diagnosis" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering ...

Patients with fibromyalgia treated with the narcolepsy drug sodium oxybate had significant improvements in pain and sleep ability, according to a study reported in Medpage Today. The study, published ...

Modafinil, originally developed in France in the 1970s, was approved for the treatment of severe sleep disorders such as narcolepsy.