SK Life Science Inc., a subsidiary of SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. – an innovative global pharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for central nervous system (CNS) disorders – will present data from a pooled analysis from studies C013/C017 OLEs and C021 evaluating the cognitive and psychiatric treatment-related adverse events during adjunctive treatment with anti-seizure medication XCOPRI® (cenobamate tablets) CV at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, held in-person in Seattle April 2–7, 2022.

UCB’s Fintepla (fenfluramine) oral solution CIV was approved in the United States for the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome in patients two years of age and older. Additionally, the FDA granted pediatric exclusivity for the product.

Biohaven, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that innovates late-stage products for neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases, announced two major growth achievements.

Ovid Therapeutics has partnered with AstraZeneca for exclusive access to a library of early-stage small molecules that target the KCC2 transporter, including OV350 — the lead candidate. 

Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. is acquiring Adamas Pharmaceuticals Inc. for about $400 million as the Rockville, Maryland-based company is expanding its portfolio of treatments for Parkinson’s disease and reducing reliance on the drugmaker’s top-selling epilepsy medicine, Trokendi XR.

Shares of Ovid Therapeutics soared in trading after the company announced pharma giant Takeda signed a licensing agreement valued at $856 million to secure global rights to the investigational medicine soticlestat for the treatment of two forms of rare epilepsy.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals is beefing up its neurology pipeline with a $7.2 billion buyout of GW Pharmaceuticals, the only company yet to score U.S. regulatory approval for a cannabis-derived product.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is wrapping up the month of September with a few PDUFA dates, including an approval review of Aquestive’s Libervant for the management of seizure clusters in epilepsy.

Takeda Pharmaceutical and Ovid Therapeutics announced that the companies have gathered positive data from their Phase II ELEKTRA study of soticlestat in children with Dravet Syndrome (DS) or Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS).

The medical cannabis market in the United States, even with all of its restrictions, continues to be a fertile area not only for dispensaries, but pharma companies developing cannabis-derived drugs; and proponents say further growth can be generated by educating physicians about medical cannabis.