AbbVie VYALEV OKd for Advanced Parkinson's

 AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved VYALEV™ (foscarbidopa and foslevodopa) as the first and only subcutaneous 24-hour infusion of levodopa-based therapy for the treatment of motor fluctuations in adults with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD).

"For too long, the Parkinson's community has had limited treatment options for advanced disease. Due to the progressive nature of the disease, oral medications are eventually no longer as effective at motor symptom control and surgical treatment may be required," said Robert A. Hauser, M.D., MBA, Professor of Neurology and Director of the Parkinson's and Movement Disorder Center at the University of South Florida. "This new, non-surgical regimen provides continuous delivery of levodopa morning, day and night."

The approval was supported by the pivotal Phase 3, 12-week study evaluating the efficacy of continuous subcutaneous infusion of VYALEV in adult patients with advanced PD compared to oral immediate-release carbidopa/levodopa (CD/LD IR)¹, along with a 52-week, open-label study which evaluated the long-term safety and efficacy of VYALEV.

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