NICE backs Aquipta for migraine prevention in adults

11 April 2024
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Marketed by US pharma major AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), Aquipta is deemed suitable for national Health Service (NHS) use as an option for preventing migraine in adults who have at least four migraine days per month, only if at least three preventive treatments have not worked.

The NICE recommendation follows the Scottish Medicines Consortium, which accepted atogepant for restricted use in patients with chronic and episodic migraine who have had prior failure on three or more migraine preventive treatments, on October 9, 2023.

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