For Immediate Release

May 17, 2018

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Aimovig (erenumab-aooe) for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults. The treatment is given by once-monthly self-injections. Aimovig is the first FDA-approved preventive migraine treatment in a new class of drugs that work by blocking the activity of calcitonin gene-related peptide, a molecule that is involved in migraine attacks.

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For more information go to https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm608120.htm