Postpartum depression drug launched in the USA

14 December 2023

US biotech companies Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB) and Sage Therapeutics (Nasdaq: SAGE) have announced that Zurzuvae (zuranolone) is now available by prescription for the treatment of postpartum depression (PPD) for adults in the USA.

The product - which is available at 50mg taken as two 25mg capsules per day - is already at specialty pharmacies and being delivered to patients.

"Potential to make a profound difference in the lives of women with PPD"Zurzuvae is being billed as the first and only oral, 14-day treatment course for adults with PPD that can provide rapid improvements in depressive symptoms at day 15 and as early as day three.

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