Health · Pharma & Biotech · 2 days ago
FDA approves first drug to treat narcolepsy itself
Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder that has often been treated as a joke or a comic plot point.
For people living with it, the reality is serious.
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug designed to treat narcolepsy itself, rather than only its symptoms.
That marks a change in how the condition can be treated.
Julie Flygare, who has narcolepsy and founded the non-profit Project Sleep, described what living with the condition is like and said the drug could be a gamechanger.
The approval could bring new hope to people with narcolepsy, though no further details about the drug or its next steps are given.
The US Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug to treat narcolepsy itself, rather than only its symptoms.
The approval could bring a change for people living with the sleep disorder.
Julie Flygare, who has narcolepsy and founded the non-profit Project Sleep, discussed what it is like to live with the condition.
Madeleine Finlay and Ian Sample discussed how the scientific breakthrough came about.
- Who
- The US Food and Drug Administration approved the drug.
- What
- It is the first drug approved to treat narcolepsy itself, rather than only its symptoms.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- The United States.
- Why
- It treats narcolepsy itself, rather than only its symptoms.
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