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Catalyst Pharmaceuticals Announces a Recent Third-Party Publication in Peer-Reviewed Journal Epilepsia Showing Perampanel (FYCOMPA®) Demonstrated High Efficacy in Patients with Rare Genetic Epilepsies
CORAL GABLES, Fla., March 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Catalyst") (Nasdaq: CPRX), a commercial-stage, patient-centric
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[{"type":"text","content":"CORAL GABLES, Fla., March 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (\"Catalyst\") (Nasdaq: CPRX), a commercial-stage, patient-centric biopharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, developing and commercializing novel high-quality medicines for patients living with rare diseases, today announced that an article was recently published in Epilepsia showed that perampanel reduces seizures with high effectivity in patients with rare genetic epileptic disease. The article is available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/epi.17530. The case review from a group of European neurologists treating rare epilepsies working under the framework of NETRE (Network for Therapy in Rare Epilepsies) reports how perampanel (FYCOMPA®) is capable of significantly reducing seizures in patients with epilepsies that result from specific genetic mutations. Out of 137 patients treated with perampanel, 60 patients (43.5%) sustained over 75% reduction in seizure frequency, including 38 (27.5%) with greater than 90% reduction in seizure frequency. High efficacy was consistently observed in certain rare genetic variants, including SCN1A, GNAO1, PIGA, PCDH19, SYNGAP1, POLG1, POLG2, and NEU1. \"The findings reported in the article appear to validate that the unique mechanism of action for FYCOMPA® may allow it to be efficacious in treating patients with rare genetic seizure disorders that can be difficult to manage,” said Gary Ingenito, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical and Regulatory Officer of Catalyst. “We look forward to continuing to bring FYCOMPA® to all patients that may benefit from it.” About Catalyst PharmaceuticalsWith exceptional patient focus, Catalyst is committed to developing and commercializing innovative first-in-class medicines that address rare neurological and epileptic diseases. Catalyst’s flagship U.S. commercial product is FIRDAPSE® (amifampridine) Tablets 10 mg, approved for the treatment of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (\"LEMS\") for adults and for children ages six to seventeen. In January 2023, Catalyst acquired the U.S. commercial rights to FYCOMPA® (perampanel) CIII, a prescription medicine approved in people with epilepsy aged four and older alone or with other medicines to treat partial-onset seizures with or without secondarily generalized seizures and with other medicines to treat primary g...