Migraine

Amgen and Novartis have announced positive long-term efficacy, safety, and tolerability data of erenumab-aooe (Aimovig) in patients with chronic and episodic migraine.

Erenumab-aooe (Aimovig, Amgen) is the first FDA-approved preventive migraine treatment in a new class of drugs that work by blocking the activity of the molecule that is involved in migraine attacks.

Erenumab-aooe (Aimovig, Amgen) is the first FDA-approved preventive migraine treatment in a new class of drugs that work by blocking the activity of the molecule that is involved in migraine attacks.

Thirty two million Americans are affected by migraines, and women are affected 3 times more than men.

Amgen’s erenumab (Aimovig) achieved positive results in the first-of-its-kind phase 3b LIBERTY trial for the treatment of patients with episodic migraines who had previously failed 2 to 4 preventive treatments.

Patients treated with erenumab had nearly 3-fold higher odds of having their migraine days cut by at least 50%.