epilepsy

Pfizer and Flynn Pharma fined £69 million for charging excessive prices on epilepsy drugs

Pfizer and Flynn Pharma, manufacturers of phenytoin sodium capsules which are used to treat epilepsy, have been fined a combined total of £69 million by the Competitions Appeal Tribunal (CAT) for “charging excessive prices” between 2012 and 2016. Around 48,000 people with epilepsy in the UK depend on the drugs supplied by Flynn Pharma and …

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World first epilepsy device fitted in UK boy’s skull

A boy with severe epilepsy has become the first patient in the world to trial a new device fitted in their skull to control seizures. The neurostimulator, which sends electrical signals deep into his brain, has reduced Oran Knowlson’s daytime seizures by 80%.His mother, Justine, told the BBC he was happier and had a “much …

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