Eisai's Fycompa launches in Russia

9 June 2014

Japanese pharma major Eisai (TYO: 4523) has announced that its epilepsy drug Fycompa (perampanel) has launched in Russia for the treatment of partial onset seizures, the most common form of epilepsy.

As a first-in-class drug, Fycompa is indicated for the adjunctive treatment of partial onset seizures, with or without secondarily generalized seizures, in patients with epilepsy aged 12 years and older. Perampanel is the only licensed anti-epileptic drug (AED) to selectively target AMPA receptors, a protein in the brain which plays a critical role in the spread of seizures. This mechanism of action is different to other, currently available AEDs. In addition, perampanel has the added benefit of convenient, once-daily dosing at bedtime and is the only new-generation partial epilepsy treatment approved to treat adolescents with epilepsy from launch.

New treatment option

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