Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Eisai’s Fycompa shows positive effect in late-state epilepsy study

Eisai (OTCPK:ESALY -0.4%announces positive results from an open-label Phase 3 clinical trial in Japan and South Korea evaluating FYCOMPA (perampanel) CIII as monotherapy in new onset or untreated patients with partial-onset seizures. The data were presented at the International Epilepsy Congress in Bangkok.
63% (n=46/73) of treated patients with partial-onset seizures experienced seizure freedom at week 26. 65% (n=31/48) of patients with secondarily generalized seizures were convulsive seizure free.
The most common adverse events in 68 patients were dizziness (27%), nasopharyngitis (13%), somnolence (13%) and headache (10%).
FYCOMPA is approved in 55 countries.

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