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The analgesic dihydroergotamine (DHE) has perhaps the longest track record of any effective migraine medicine.
Seattle-based Impel NeuroPharma (NSDQ:IMPL) aims to reestablish DHE as a cornerstone of acute migraine treatment following the FDA approval of Trudhesa, a DHE nasal spray. Trudhesa uses the company’s Precision Olfactory Delivery (POD) that delivers the drug to the vasculature within the upper nasal cavity.
“I’ve been in this field for 30 years. I still have the privilege of seeing patients, and nothing in the realm of new treatments has quite met that need that DHE fulfills,” said Dr. Sheena K. Aurora, vice president of medical affairs, migraine at Impel NeuroPharma. DHE continues to offer compelling efficacy for, say, patients who wake up in the morning with a migraine and patients with menstrually-associated migraine.