Narcolepsy, scientists unmask the culprit of an enigmatic disease

21-Sep-2018 - Patients with a rare disease, called narcolepsy, suffer of excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy (brief episodes of loss of muscle tone triggered by emotions). A study published in Nature reports, for the first time, the existence in patients with narcolepsy of autoreactive T lymphocytes ...

European Medicines Agency reviews hypothesis on Pandemrix and development of narcolepsy

No new concerns for Pandemrix or other vaccines on the basis of available evidence

23-Oct-2012 - The European Medicines Agency's Committee on Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) at the request of the Agency’s Executive Director Guido Rasi has reviewed preliminary research results by the Finnish National Institute of Health and Welfare (THL) investigating differences in the immunological response ...

Siegfried (USA) Inc. and Jazz Pharmaceuticals sign Supply Agreement

31-May-2010 - Siegfried (USA) Inc announced that on April 1, 2010, a Supply Agreement with Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. was executed. Siegfried has the right to supply at least 60% of Jazz Pharmaceutical’s worldwide requirements of sodium oxybate, the active pharmaceutical ingredient in Xyrem® (sodium oxybate) ...