UCB's Zogenix Bet Pays Out Quickly With Fresh Fintepla Approval

Second Indication For Rare Epilepsy Potential Blockbuster

Gaining approval for Fintepla in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, on top of an earlier green light in Dravet, puts the Belgian group in a strong position to compete with Jazz’s Epidiolex.

Van Zyl, Charl
Charl van Zyl

UCB S.A.'s just-completed acquisition of Zogenix, Inc. already looked like a shrewd bit of business and the up-to-$1.9bn purchase is increasingly looking like a snip now that the epilepsy drug Fintepla has secured another approval in the US, this time for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS).

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