Cannabinoids show promise in acute migraine clinical trial
pharmaphorum
MARCH 4, 2024
Inhaled cannabinoids have been shown to perform better than placebo in providing pain relief for people suffering from acute migraine in a clinical trial
pharmaphorum
MARCH 4, 2024
Inhaled cannabinoids have been shown to perform better than placebo in providing pain relief for people suffering from acute migraine in a clinical trial
European Pharmaceutical Review
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Rimegepant (Vydura) is the “first and only NICE-recommended medicine that can help alleviate the misery of acute migraines, and may be considered a step-change in treatment,” shared Helen Knight, Director of medicines evaluation at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
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Pharmafile
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Teva Pharmaceuticals has announced data from a post hoc analysis of two phase 3 clinical studies around the effectiveness of migraine prevention treatment, Ajovy (fremanezumab) in the reduction of migraine attacks in patients with migraine and co-morbid obesity.
European Pharmaceutical Review
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Results from AbbVie’s Phase III study, PRODROME , published in The Lancet showed that UBRELVY ® (ubrogepant) 100mg for acute treatment of migraine significantly reduced the likelihood of development of moderate or severe headache compared to placebo within 24 hours post-dose.
Pharmaceutical Technology
JUNE 1, 2023
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued final draft guidance recommending the use of Pfizer ’s rimegepant (Vydura) to prevent migraine attacks. NICE medicines evaluation director Helen Knight said: “Each year, the lives of millions of people in England are blighted by migraine attacks.
LifeProNow
MARCH 10, 2023
FDA has approved ZAVZPRET™ (zavegepant), the first and only calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist nasal spray for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults. When a migraine hits, it has a significant negative impact on a person’s daily life,” said Kathleen Mullin, M.D.,
European Pharmaceutical Review
AUGUST 17, 2023
Recent EU approval means adults who have four or more migraine days per month can now access the first and only once-daily oral calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist (gepant). This was compared to 27 percent of patients in the placebo arm. This result was compared to 29 percent of participants given placebo.
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