Avanir Drug Nuedexta Wins FDA Approval for Uncontrolled Laughing, Crying
By - Oct 29, 2010
Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc. won U.S. approval for a drug that curbs bouts of uncontrolled laughing or crying in patients with neurological disorders, regulators said. Shares more than doubled in extended trading.
The medicine, Nuedexta, is the first approved to treat patients with multiple sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease who develop symptoms known as pseudobulbar affect that causes loss of emotional control, the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement. Avanir, which has no other products on the market, plans to begin selling the drug in the first three months of 2011, the Aliso Viejo, California, company said in a statement.
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