Novartis Reports Results of Aimovig (erenumab) in P-lV Study for Episodic and Chronic Migraine
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- The P-IV HER-MES study involves assessing Aimovig (erenumab 70mg and 140mg) vs topiramate in 777 patients in a ratio (1:1) with episodic or chronic migraine (≥4 migraine days/month) prior not treated with migraine prevention treatment or previously failed up to three prophylactic migraine treatments
- The study met its 1EPs & 2EPs and had superior tolerability against topiramate- with a higher proportion of patients remaining on Aimovig than on topiramate. The therapy showed superior efficacy- with a greater proportion of patients achieving at least a 50% reduction in their MMDs
- Aimovig is the first EMA- Swissmedic- and US FDA’s approved migraine prevention treatment designed to target CGRP-R
Ref: GlobeNewswire | Image: Novartis
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