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FDA grants special status to GW Pharmaceuticals' drug for rare epileptic disorder
LONDON — The Food and Drug Administration has given orphan drug designation to an experimental treatment for a rare form of epilepsy.
GW Pharmaceuticals said Friday that the FDA had granted the designation to Epidiolex for Dravet syndrome, a severe, drug-resistant form of epilepsy that begins in infancy. The drug is an oral liquid of a highly purified extract of cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive molecule derived from the cannabis plant.
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New HIV treatment guidelines call for more vaccinations and chronic disease testing, treatment
ARLINGTON, Va. — Antiretroviral drugs have allowed people with HIV to live normal life spans, but because of this, they also are susceptible to many new health complications, according to care guidelines released Thursday by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.