Schizophrenia treatment

Oct 18, 2024

Key Highlights  INVEGA and VRAYLAR (US)/REAGILA (EU) (cariprazine) accounted for the major share of the revenue market for schizophrenia patients in 2023. However, according to DelveInsight, this share is expected to decline by 2034 due to the launch of new emerging therapies. Schizophrenia has a robust...

Oct 18, 2024

Schizophrenia affects approximately 24 million people worldwide, or 1 in every 300 people (0.32%). In adults, this rate is 1 in 222 (0.45%). It is not as widespread as many other mental disorders. Onset occurs most frequently in late adolescence and the twenties, and it occurs earlier in men than in women. Schiz...

Oct 18, 2024

Schizophrenia is over a hundred years old term; and ever since it has kept the scientific communities scratching their head. Obvious psychotic symptoms, other neurodegenerative mimics, underdiagnosis, and sometimes even overdiagnosis, Schizophrenia is a complex disorder in itself, affecting approximately 20 million...

Sep 30, 2024

After years of little progress in the field of schizophrenia drug treatment, Bristol Myers Squibb’s $14 billion acquisition of Karuna Therapeutics has paid off with the approval of a groundbreaking new drug. BMS’s novel medication, KarXT—now named COBENFY—received significant FDA approval on 26 September 2024 for t...

Apr 12, 2024

Brilaroxazine, developed by Reviva Therapeutics, exhibits potent affinity and selectivity against key serotonin and dopamine receptors implicated in schizophrenia. Brilaroxazine’s pharmacological profile sets it apart from traditional antipsychotics. Operating as a partial agonist at D2/3/4 and 5-HT1A/2A recept...

Apr 05, 2024

Fifteen years after its first FDA approval for treating schizophrenia with Fanapt (iloperidone), Vanda Pharmaceuticals has achieved another success. Fanapt is a type of antipsychotic medication that deviates from the usual and has been administered to individuals with schizophrenia for their immediate treatment fol...