Lemborexant

Eisai: Discovery Research on Dual Orexin Receptor Antagonist Lemborexant Honored with PSJ Award for Drug Research and Development 2024

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Friday, March 29, 2024
Cyclopropane, PSJ, Safety, Sleep, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Lemborexant, Research, Insomnia, Protein, Development, Alzheimer's disease, Disease, Patient, Executive director, AMPA, Neurology, Medicine, Drug discovery, Drug development, Eribulin, CEG, Pharmaceutical industry

TOKYO, Mar 29, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that drug discovery research conducted on lemborexant (brand name: Dayvigo), the dual orexin receptor antagonist discovered by Eisai, has been honored with The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (PSJ) Award for Drug Research and Development 2024 by the PSJ.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Mar 29, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that drug discovery research conducted on lemborexant (brand name: Dayvigo), the dual orexin receptor antagonist discovered by Eisai, has been honored with The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (PSJ) Award for Drug Research and Development 2024 by the PSJ.
  • The PSJ Award for Drug Research and Development is one of a series of awards presented by the PSJ and is dedicated to researchers who have conducted outstanding research work that has contributed to medicine through the innovative development of a pharmaceutical drug or applicable technology related to the pharmaceutical sciences.
  • Award recipients are evaluated by the PSJ based on the ingenuity of the research itself as well as the effectiveness and safety of the related pharmaceutical product(s) or the innovativeness of the related medical treatment or treatment technology.
  • Lemborexant is currently approved for the indication of insomnia in over 15 countries, including Japan, the U.S., Canada, Australia, and countries in Asia.

Eisai Commences Fully-Fledged Business Activities at Pharma Sales Subsidiary in South Africa

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Thursday, February 1, 2024
Lenvatinib, Lemborexant, Neglected tropical diseases, Life expectancy, African, EAC, Patient, Sales operations, SADC, Marketing, Southern African Development Community, Tropical medicine, Alzheimer's disease, Poverty, Dementia, Republic, Infection, Cancer, Malaria, Pharmaceutical industry

Commencement of Direct Sales Operations in Africa, and Establishment of Branch Office in Kenya

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  • Commencement of Direct Sales Operations in Africa, and Establishment of Branch Office in Kenya
    TOKYO, Feb 1, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that fully-fledged operations have begun at Eisai Pharmaceuticals Africa (Pty) Ltd ("Eisai South Africa"), a pharmaceutical sales subsidiary recently established in Johannesburg, South Africa, and direct sales operations and business activities have commenced in Africa.
  • Eisai South Africa is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eisai.
  • Eisai South Africa has started sales and marketing activities directly for Lenvima and Fycompa from January 2024, as well as Halaven from February 2024.
  • Seeking solutions to these challenges in Africa, Eisai will continue its initiatives to deliver necessary medicines to the patients who need them through Eisai South Africa and Eisai Kenya.

Eisai to Present Latest Data on Lemborexant at The 36th Annual Sleep 2022 Meeting

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Friday, June 3, 2022
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TOKYO, June 3, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced a total of seven poster presentations including the latest data on its in-house discovered orexin receptor antagonist lemborexant (product name: DAYVIGO) will be given at the 36th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (SLEEP 2022), to be held from June 4 to 8, 2022, in Charlotte, NC, the United States.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, June 3, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced a total of seven poster presentations including the latest data on its in-house discovered orexin receptor antagonist lemborexant (product name: DAYVIGO) will be given at the 36th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (SLEEP 2022), to be held from June 4 to 8, 2022, in Charlotte, NC, the United States.
  • Eisai remains committed to our pursuit of helping people suffering from insomnia to help address unmet medical needs."
  • Fast on/off receptor kinetics of lemborexant to orexin receptors may influence lemborexant's potential to facilitate improvements in sleep onset and maintenance with minimal morning residual effects.
  • It has been approved for the treatment of insomnia in over 10 countries including Japan, the United States and countries in Asia.

Eisai To Present Latest Data of Lemborexant at 35th Annual Sleep Meeting (SLEEP2021)

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Chemical compounds, Psychoactive drugs, Branches of biology, Hypnotics, GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators, Pyridines, Orexin antagonist, G protein-coupled receptors, Acetamides, Lemborexant, Orexin receptor, Zolpidem

TOKYO, June 9, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that a total of 5 poster presentations including the latest data on its in-house discovered orexin receptor antagonist lemborexant (product name: DAYVIGO) will be given at the 35th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (SLEEP 2021), to be held virtually from June 10 to 13, 2021.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, June 9, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that a total of 5 poster presentations including the latest data on its in-house discovered orexin receptor antagonist lemborexant (product name: DAYVIGO) will be given at the 35th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (SLEEP 2021), to be held virtually from June 10 to 13, 2021.
  • Major poster presentations include the results of a study evaluating next-dose transition from zolpidem to lemborexant for insomnia treatment (Poster Numbers: #335 and #337).
  • Eisai considers neurology a therapeutic area of focus.
  • Eisai strives to create innovative products in therapeutic areas with high unmet medical needs as soon as possible, and will further contribute to addressing the diverse needs of, as well as increasing the benefits provided to, those living with neurological diseases and their families.

Eisai to Present Latest Data of Lemborexant at 34th Annual Sleep Meeting (SLEEP2020)

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Sleep disorders, Chemical compounds, Sleep, Branches of biology, Lemborexant, Insomnia, Irregular sleep–wake rhythm, Orexin, Orexin antagonist

Lemborexant acts on the orexin neurotransmitter system and is believed to facilitate sleep onset, sleep maintenance, and wake by regulating sleep-wake rhythms.

Key Points: 
  • Lemborexant acts on the orexin neurotransmitter system and is believed to facilitate sleep onset, sleep maintenance, and wake by regulating sleep-wake rhythms.
  • Lemborexant was approved in the U.S. for the treatment of adult patients with insomnia, characterized by difficulties with sleep onset and/or sleep maintenance, and was approved in Japan for the treatment of insomnia.
  • The clinical development of lemborexant in patients with Irregular Sleep Wake Rhythm Disorder (ISWRD) associated with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's dementia is ongoing.
  • (3),(4) In particular, older adults tend to have a higher prevalence rate with many experiencing insomnia symptoms for months to years.

Eisai to Present Latest Insomnia Research, Including Data on New Treatment DAYVIGO™ (lemborexant) CIV, at the SLEEP 2020 Virtual Conference

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Monday, August 24, 2020
Chemical compounds, Psychoactive drugs, Organic compounds, Hypnotics, RTT, GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators, Nonbenzodiazepines, Sleep disorders, Insomnia, Orexin antagonist, Lemborexant, Zolpidem

Additional research to be presented will explore sleep onset and sleep maintenance responder profiles over 12 months of treatment with DAYVIGO, efficacy and safety of DAYVIGO in females of perimenopausal age with insomnia disorder, and impact of DAYVIGO treatment on fatigue severity.

Key Points: 
  • Additional research to be presented will explore sleep onset and sleep maintenance responder profiles over 12 months of treatment with DAYVIGO, efficacy and safety of DAYVIGO in females of perimenopausal age with insomnia disorder, and impact of DAYVIGO treatment on fatigue severity.
  • In addition, interim results from a multi-center pilot study evaluating the next-dose transition from zolpidem to DAYVIGO for the treatment of insomnia will be presented.
  • DAYVIGO (lemborexant) is an orexin receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of adult patients with insomnia, characterized by difficulties with sleep onset and/or sleep maintenance.
  • CNS depressant effects may persist in some patients up to several days after discontinuing DAYVIGO.

Eisai to Present Latest Data on Pipeline Assets in the Area of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2020

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Chemical compounds, Psychoactive drugs, Branches of biology, Hypnotics, Pyridines, Molecular neuroscience, Neuropeptides, Orexin, Lemborexant, Alzheimer's disease, Clinical trial, SB-649868

Regarding BAN2401, the clinical study design of the newly initiated Phase III clinical study AHEAD 3-45 for preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients will be presented orally.

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  • Regarding BAN2401, the clinical study design of the newly initiated Phase III clinical study AHEAD 3-45 for preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients will be presented orally.
  • The safety and efficacy results from a Phase II clinical study on lemborexant (orexin receptor antagonist) targeting Irregular Sleep Wake Rhythm Disorder (ISWRD) associated with AD will be presented.
  • Finally, they will hold a discussion on the future outlook of this classification system for Alzheimer's pharmacological trials and clinical practice.
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Eisai to Launch In-House Developed New Anti-insomnia Drug Dayvigo (Lemborexant) with Indication for Insomnia in Japan

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Monday, July 6, 2020
Branches of biology, Chemical compounds, Biology, Molecular neuroscience, Hypnotics, Cyclopropanes, Lemborexant, Organofluorides, Pyrimidines, Eisai, Insomnia, Sleep onset

2.5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg tablets (lemborexant) for treatment of insomnia in Japan on July 6, 2020.

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  • 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg tablets (lemborexant) for treatment of insomnia in Japan on July 6, 2020.
  • DAYVIGO acts on the orexin neurotransmitter system and is believed to facilitate sleep onset, sleep maintenance, and wake by regulating sleep-wake rhythm.
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    Through the launch of DAYVIGO, Eisai will continue to prioritize the provision of appropriate usage and safety information.
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Eisai Announces U.S. Availability of DAYVIGO® (lemborexant) CIV, a New Treatment Option for Adults With Insomnia

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Monday, June 1, 2020
Chemical compounds, Sleep, Organic compounds, Hypnotics, RTT, Psychiatric diagnosis, Sleep disorders, Lemborexant, Pyrimidines, Insomnia, Orexin antagonist, Orexin

"DAYVIGO may be an appropriate treatment option for some of these patients."

Key Points: 
  • "DAYVIGO may be an appropriate treatment option for some of these patients."
  • "DAYVIGO is the first FDA-approved insomnia medication with safety data over a 12-month treatment period and with sleep onset and sleep maintenance efficacy data over a six-month treatment period in a pivotal clinical study.
  • Eisai remains committed to discovering and developing innovative solutions to unmet medical needs that benefit patients and their families."
  • DAYVIGO (lemborexant) is an orexin receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of adult patients with insomnia, characterized by difficulties with sleep onset and/or sleep maintenance.

U.S. FDA Approves Eisai's DAYVIGO™ (lemborexant) for the Treatment of Insomnia in Adult Patients

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Monday, December 23, 2019
Psychoactive drugs, Chemical compounds, Hypnotics, Branches of biology, Organofluorides, G protein-coupled receptors, Cyclopropanes, Lemborexant, Pyrimidines, Orexin antagonist, Orexin receptor, Orexin

Patients were randomized to placebo (n=325), DAYVIGO 5 mg (n=323), or DAYVIGO 10 mg (n=323) once nightly.

Key Points: 
  • Patients were randomized to placebo (n=325), DAYVIGO 5 mg (n=323), or DAYVIGO 10 mg (n=323) once nightly.
  • Patients were randomized to placebo (n=208), DAYVIGO 5 mg (n=266) or 10 mg (n=269), or active comparator (n=263) once nightly.
  • DAYVIGO (lemborexant) is an orexin receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of adult patients with insomnia, characterized by difficulties with sleep onset and/or sleep maintenance.
  • Patients with Compromised Respiratory Function:
    The effect of DAYVIGO on respiratory function should be considered for patients with compromised respiratory function.