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Phase III Lasmiditan Data Strengthens Lilly's Dual Migraine Strategy

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Lilly will submit lasmiditan for FDA approval after a second positive Phase III study, giving the company a product to stop migraine when its galcanezumab isn't able to prevent the headaches.

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Eli Lilly & Co. will seek US FDA approval for lasmiditan in the acute treatment of migraine headaches in the second half of 2018 – about a year after submission of galcanezumab for the prevention of episodic and chronic migraine – based on the oral drug's success in a second Phase III clinical trial.

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