Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd has moved a significant step closer to having its first therapy approved now that the US Food and Drug Administration has agreed to evaluate the closely watched sleeping pill daridorexant.
Crunch Time For Idorsia Insomnia Therapy As Reviews Begin
Daridorexant Is Swiss Company's First Drug
The US FDA has accepted the Swiss biotech's "huge" NDA file for daridorexant which the company hopes will be more successful on the insomnia market than other DORA sleep treatments such as Merck & Co's Belsomra.

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