New Parkinson's drug launched in USA

12 July 2017
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Xadago (safinamide) is now available as an add-on therapy for US patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) currently taking levodopa/carbidopa and experiencing ‘off’ episodes.

It has been launched in the USA in a partnership involving Italian drugmakers Newron Pharmaceuticals (NWRN: SIX) and Zambon, along with US WorldMeds.

"Xadago is the first New Chemical Entity approved for PD-related motor fluctuations in the USA in more than a decade"

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