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Harmony Biosciences To Present WAKIX® (Pitolisant) Data At The 2021 AAN Annual Meeting
Two poster presentations will feature analyses from the clinical development program that further characterize the efficacy and safety profile of WAKIX
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[{"type":"text","content":"Two poster presentations will feature analyses from the clinical development program that further characterize the efficacy and safety profile of WAKIX\n\n\nPLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (\"Harmony\") (Nasdaq: HRMY), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative therapies for patients living with rare neurological disorders who have unmet medical needs, today announced that results from two analyses from the clinical development program for WAKIX® (pitolisant) will be presented at the 2021 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting, to be held virtually April 17-22. One of the poster presentations is based on a post-hoc analysis that evaluated the time-to-onset of clinical response for WAKIX and the second poster is based on a pooled analysis of the cardiovascular safety data from the clinical development program for WAKIX in adult patients with narcolepsy. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"These analyses further characterize the efficacy and safety profile of WAKIX and its broad clinical utility for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness or cataplexy in adult patients with narcolepsy,\" said Harmony's Chief Medical Officer, Jeffrey Dayno, M.D. \"We look forward to sharing these data and the results of these analyses with both the neurology and narcolepsy communities.\"\nThe data that will be presented by Harmony will be available from 7 a.m.-5 p.m. EDT on April 17-22, and include:\nTime to Onset of Clinical Response During Treatment with Pitolisant (P26.015). C Davis, J Dayno, B Vaughn, Y Dauvilliers. Analysis evaluating the time-to-onset of clinical response during treatment with pitolisant for excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy from the HARMONY-1 and HARMONY-CTP randomized, controlled trials in adults with narcolepsy.Cardiac Safety Profile of Pitolisant in Patients with Narcolepsy (P26.016). W Winter, S Wanaski, A Patroneva, J Dayno. Results from pooled analysis of two randomized, placebo-controlled seven-or eight-week studies and from a 12-month, open-label study evaluating the cardiac safety profile of pitolisant in adults with narcolepsy from the clinical development program.The abstracts can be viewed on the AAN website here and here. \nAbout WAKIX® (pitolisant) TabletsWAKIX, a first-in-class medication, is appro...