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Eagle Pharma, NIH/NIDA Enter Agreement

Will explore Ryanodex usage in ecstasy and methamphetamine intoxication

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

Eagle Pharmaceuticals has entered into an agreement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to explore the use of Ryanodex in the treatment of hyperthermia related to MDMA (ecstasy) and methamphetamine intoxication, which is a life-threatening condition mostly affecting adolescents and young adults. The preclinical studies will be conducted by NIDA beginning in the summer of 2016 utilizing a well-characterized animal model. Initial results of the focu...

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