GW Pharma details an impressive PhIII case for a cannabis-based drug for severe epilepsy as it preps an NDA
GW Pharmaceuticals lined up a straight shot at a key approval for Epidiolex today, publishing its impressive Phase III data for a severe form of childhood epilepsy which inspired a blockbuster forecast for the cannabis-based therapy.
GW announced last spring that Epidiolex — a liquid therapy using purified cannabadiol — triggered a mean reduction in convulsive seizures of 39% among treatment-resistant patients with Dravet syndrome, compared to only 13% among the placebo group. A report published in The New England Journal of Medicine adds today that 43% of the drug group had a mean drop of 50% or more — compared to 27% in the placebo group. And 5% stopped having seizures, with none in the placebo arm doing as well.
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