Tsukuba, Japan—Orexin, named after its role in feeding regulation, is a potent endogenous sleep/wake state regulator and is expected to play an essential role in controlling the cross-talk mechanism ...
Late-breaking poster presentation of non-human primate (NHP) data support ORX142 as novel drug candidate for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in select neurological, ...
Brendon Yee, PhD, professor and respiratory and sleep physician, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, discusses the success of ALKS 2680, an investigational oral selective orexin 2 receptor agonist ...
Narcolepsy type 1 is a disorder of hypersomnolence caused by a loss of orexin neurons, which results in low orexin levels in the brain. In this phase 2, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, ...
An investigational oral selective orexin receptor 2 agonist (oveporexton, Takeda) demonstrated significantly improved measures of wakefulness, sleepiness, and cataplexy in a phase 2b study of adults ...
BOSTON and LONDON, Oct. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: CNTA), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that aims to discover and develop medicines that are ...
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has synthesized aryl sulfone and sulfanone derivatives acting as orexin OX2 receptor agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of eating disorders, fatigue, ...
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. has described orexin OX2 receptor agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, obesity, hypertension, retinopathy, multiple sclerosis, ...
Harmony Biosciences Announces Initiation of First-In-Human Study With Potential Best-In-Class Orexin 2 Receptor Agonist (BP1.15205) for Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence BP1.15205 is a ...