Alice Melao

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Articles by Alice Melao

Ella the Jellyfish Becomes First Amazon Alexa Skill to Offer Fun and Support for LGS Children

Children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and their families and caregivers can now access the first Amazon Alexa skill — called…

NICE Favors Adding Epidyolex, Cannabidiol Oral Solution, to NHS for Lennox-Gastaut Patients in England

The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), an arm of the United Kingdom’s public health system, favors…

Long-term Treatment With Soticlestat Induces Sustained Reduction in Seizure Frequency in Rare Epilepsies, Initial Data Show

Long-term treatment with the investigational oral therapy soticlestat (OV935/TAK-935) can reduce the median seizure frequency by up to 90%…

Epidyolex, Oral CBD, Approved in Europe to Treat Lennox-Gastaut and Dravet Syndrome Starting at Age 2

The European Commission has approved Epidyolex (cannabidiol, CBD) as an add-on therapy to clobazam to treat seizures associated with …