Posts Tagged ‘orexin’
Orexin Agonists for Narcolepsy: 2025 Updates from Takeda, Alkermes, and Eisai at World Sleep
From the front row at World Sleep 2025, Julie Flygare reports on new narcolepsy clinical trial data from Takeda and Alkermes. Learn what orexin agonists could mean for cognition, microsleeps, and the future of narcolepsy treatment.
Read MoreNBC Nightly News with Brian Williams Features Narcolepsy’s Role in Insomnia Drug Developement
An upcoming insomnia medication, Suvorexant developed from our understanding of narcolepsy. At the SLEEP 2012 Conference today, Merck announced results for additional clinical trials – indicating that the drug made people fall asleep 40 percent faster and sleep 40 percent longer than placebo. I wasn’t able to attend this conference session today. NBC’s Nightly News…
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