Center for Orphan Drug Research Presents New Topiramate Injection Data

April 8, 2024

Jim Cloyd

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated has announced that new new data on Captisol-enabled™ Topiramate Injection (IV topiramate) data was presented at the 9th London-Innsbruck Colloquium on Status Epilepticus and Acute Seizures Conference on Monday, April 8, 2024. The poster was co-authored by Dr. James Cloyd, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Orphan Drug Research and graduate student Adeboye Bamgboye. 

IV topiramate is a potential replacement therapy for the treatment of certain emergent neurological conditions, including epilepsy, when oral administration is not feasible.

Ligand Pharmaceuticals has partnered with the University of Minnesota and CURx Pharmaceuticals Inc. in this work.

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College of Pharmacy
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