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December 16, 2019 News by Patricia Inácio, PhD

FDA Approves Dosing Tiglutik Via Feeding Tube for ALS Patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to expand Tiglutik, a liquid oral form of riluzole, to include giving it via a feeding tube to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ITF Pharma, the company marketing Tiglutik, announced. The approval of administering the therapy via percutaneous endoscopic…

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