ProEthic Pharmaceuticals Hopes To Release Migraine Drug In 2008
And most of only make loosing weight as a New Year’s resolution.
ProEthic Pharmacueticals has applied for FDA approval of their new migraine drug, Pro-513, and, lo and behold, the application has been accepted. It is hoped Pro-513 can be released in July of 2008 after a final FDA review.
Never Heard Of ‘Em
Chances are, you haven’t heard of ProEthic Pharmaceuticals. I sure hadn’t. Do you think they were at all aware of Giant Pharma’s reputation when they picked the name? This actually is a Mini-Me of Pharmaceuticals, specialising in small niche products. They just celebrated their sixth anniversary. It’s curent headquarters are in Montgomery, Alabama.
Pro-513 has been kicking around in clinical trials for quite some time (long before I was hired to write this blog, anyway!) It showed some very promising results in January, 2007 and June of 2007. It is designed to be fast-acting as well as migraine-numbing. This is to be be for migraine attacks that have already begun, with or without auras.
So, What Is It?
Pro-513 is the much more pronounceable name of diclofenac potassium powder which has undergone ProEthic’s patented DBT process. DBT stands for Dynamic Buffering Technology. Don’t ask me what that’s suppossed to mean, other than it sounds really spiffy. I suppose it keeps your stomach from exploding like in those Alien films. Actually, it means that the active ingredients can be absorbed by your body more quickly with DBT than without it.
But really opens my eyes and gets my pulse going is that Pro-513 reduced migraine pain within thirty minutes of being taken. With my current medication (Excedrin Migraine), I have to take it before migraine symptoms really kick in. Pro-513 looks like it might help with full blown attacks. These clinical trials used nearly 700 people.
Since about 70% of people with migraines are “unsatisfied” with their current treatment choices, they might be helped soon with Pro-513. Let’s hope so. A few less migraines in the world might make this a less tense planet to live on…oh, and religious tolerance, too, but let’s not get silly.
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