UCB gains approval for Briviact as monotherapy against partial-onset seizures

15 September 2017

Belgian pharmaceutical company UCB (Euronext Brussels: UCB) has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has green-lit the company’s application to extend the marketable use of Briviact (brivaracetam).

The drug, which was approved as an adjunctive therapy against partial-onset seizures (POS) in early 2016, is now indicated as monotherapy for this condition.

Briviact is the newest antiepileptic drug in the 'racetam' class of medicines and demonstrates a high and selective affinity for synaptic vesicle protein 2A in the brain, which may contribute to its anticonvulsant effects.

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