Jazz Pharmaceuticals is set to acquire GW Pharmaceuticals and gain access to a diversified pipeline of cannabis-based medications,…
Articles by Joana Carvalho, PhD
Diacomit (stiripentol) is safe and effective at reducing the frequency of different types of seizures in people with…
By implementing a free-of-charge epilepsy genetic testing program, it is possible to lower the average age of molecular diagnosis of…
Children with Dravet syndrome receiving Fintepla (fenfluramine) to control their seizures are unlikely to develop…
Used in addition to standard treatments, therapeutic hypothermia — based on lowering the body’s temperature — can shorten the…
Epidiolex, the first plant-derived cannabidiol (CBD) medication to be approved by the U.S. Food and…
In addition to promoting the release of serotonin, a brain chemical typically associated with feelings of well-being and happiness, …
An antisense oligonucleotide therapy that lowers the amount of Scn8a transcripts — RNA molecules used as a template for the…
Fintepla (fenfluramine) reduced the frequency of convulsive seizures in children and adolescents with Dravet syndrome who responded poorly…
STK-001, Stoke Therapeutics’s investigational therapy for Dravet syndrome, prolongs survival and reduces the frequency of seizures in…