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FDA approves first drug designed to prevent chronic migraines

Posted: 30 Jul 2018, 11:37
by Admin
The first medicine designed to prevent migraines was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, ushering in what many experts believe will be a new era in treatment for people who suffer the most severe form of these headaches.

The drug, Aimovig, made by Amgen and Novartis, is a monthly injection with a device similar to an insulin pen. The list price will be $6,900 a year, and Amgen said the drug will be available to patients within a week.

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https://www.fda.gov/newsevents/newsroom ... 608120.htm