Record number of FDA drug approvals in 2018
January 9, 2019…migraine (for a review see Holland & Goadsby. Neurotherapeutics 2018;15:304-312; free full text at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5935646/pdf/13311_2018_Article_617.pdf). Epidiolex (cannabidiol, Greenwich Research) was approved in June as an antiseizure add-on therapy for patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome. The drug is a liquid solution taken twice-daily in combination with other antiseizure medications. Approval was b…