Zogenix' ZX008 Emerges As Strong Contender In Rare Epilepsy

Strong efficacy and a clean safety profile – with no cardiovascular signal – in another Phase III study bode well for filings of Zogenix's ZX008 in the fourth quarter.

Epilepsy awareness concept. Brain and encephalography in epilepsy patient during seizure attack, 3D illustration in purple color
Brain and encephalography in epilepsy patient during seizure attack

Zogenix Inc.'s latest Phase III data for ZX008 (low dose fenfluramine) in the rare childhood epilepsy Dravet syndrome suggest the drug has a stronger profile compared with GW Pharmaceuticals PLC's recently approved cannabinoid drug Epidiolex.

There are some 8,000 Dravet syndrome patients in the US and up until recently no treatments were

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