Biohaven's Rimegepant Positive Phase 3 Trial For Acute Treatment Of Migraine Published In The New England Journal of Medicine

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Jul 11, 2019
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-Approximately 40 million people in the U.S. suffer from migraine and there has been minimal improvement in standard of care acute treatment of migraine since the 1990s

-Rimegepant is an oral calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) antagonist being developed for the acute and preventive treatment of migraine

-Results published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrate that, compared to placebo, a single-dose oral rimegepant provides superior, rapid freedom from pain and associated symptoms of migraine within two hours

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