Kyowa Kirin’s Istradefylline (KW-6002) Receives EMA’s MAA as an Adjunctive Treatment to Levodopa-Based Regimens in Adult with Parkinson’s disease Experiencing “Off” Time

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• The approval is based on trials assessing KW-6002 vs PBO across EU, the US and Japan in patients with PD taking a stable dose of levodopa-based regimens with/out other PD medications
• The candidate will serve as an adjunctive treatment to the PD patients which is validated by the EMA and is now under review
• Istradefylline is a selective adenosine A2A receptor antagonist administered orally and is approved in Japan & the US in Mar 2013, & Aug 2019, to improve “wearing-off” phenomenon in patients with PD on levodopa-containing preparations and as an adjunctive treatment to levodopa/carbidopa in adults with PD experiencing “off” episodes respectively

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