Teva UK discontinues lamotrigine tablets
Teva UK have announced that they are discontinuing the following versions of Teva lamotrigine, although some will still be available for a limited period next year, as shown below:
Epilepsy Society-based neuropsychologist Sallie Baxendale wins international award
Neuropsychologist Sallie Baxendale, based at Epilepsy Society, has scooped a prestigious international award for the significant difference she has made to the treatment and care of people with epilepsy.
GP practice could close after failure to warn women of risks around sodium valproate
A GP practice in London could be closed down after inspectors found that staff had failed to warn women of the risks around the epilepsy medication sodium valproate during pregnancy.
Record fines for drug companies who overcharged NHS for anti-epilepsy drug
Pfizer was fined a record £84.2m by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for increasing the price of its phenytoin sodium capsules by between 2,300-2,600 per cent over night in 2012. The CMA also fined distributor Flynn Pharma £5.2 million after it accused the pair of "excessive and unfair" pricing for the vital medicine used by around 48,000 patients in the UK.
Epilepsy Society welcomes Government decision to relax licensing of medicinal cannabis
Please note that there are further updates to this news story which you can read at the links below:
Specialist doctors can now prescribe medicinal cannabis for epilepsy (1 November 2018)
Medicinal cannabis can now be prescribed by specialists for epilepsy (12 October 2018)
Protein found in worms helps to stop seizure activity
Exciting new research that involves using a protein in worms to suppress seizures, could spell hope in the future for thousands of people with epilepsy.