FDA Approves New Drug for Severe Epilepsy

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Most children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome have some degree of impaired intellectual functioning or information processing, as well as developmental delays and behavioral issues.

"This approval offers another treatment option for patients who suffer from these debilitating, severe seizures," Dr. Russell Katz, director of the division of neurology products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in the news release.

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Epilepsy Ontario has more about Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.

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