Epidiolex (Jazz Pharma) and Fintepla (Zogenix - Acquired by UCB) are locking horns in the rare developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE) market with Epidiolex currently leading in terms of sale. Epidiolex has clocked over USD 650 million in sales and on the other hand Fintepla is far behind at just USD 74.7 million in 2021. The unexpectedly strong uptake and high sales of Epidiolex is mainly due to the first-mover advantage of a novel class in this space which only had Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs) used in combination mainly. Moreover, Epidiolex received approval for both Lennox Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) and Dravet Syndrome together in mid-2018 whereas Fintep...
