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The FDA has approved Vykat XR (diazoxide choline) for the treatment of hyperphagia in adults and pediatric patients 4 years of age and older with Prader-Willi syndrome.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has approved VYKAT™ XR, a significant milestone as the first approved treatment for hyperphagia in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). This ...

Credit: Solano Therapeutics. Vykat XR contains an extended-release formulation of diazoxide choline, the crystalline salt of diazoxide. Vykat XR is expected to be available in April 2025.

This rare disease, Prader-Willi syndrome, has been described in medical literature for nearly 70 years. But even as medical understanding of the disorder grew, efforts to develop a drug to treat i ...

Since 2000, when the FDA approved recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) for those with the rare genetic disorder Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), several companies have come up short in their ...

extended-release tablets for treating hyperphagia in adults and children aged four years and older with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). The company expects to launch the drug in the United States in ...

The drug, to be called Vykat XR, treats hyperphagia, the hallmark symptom of the Prader-Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder caused by full or partial deletions on chromosome 15 that affect the ...

"The FDA approval of Vykat XR is an incredible achievement for the entire PWS [Prader-Willi syndrome] community. I am excited to have Vykat XR available to help treat hyperphagia, which is the ...