Jazz Turns Attention To Narcolepsy In 2011
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The specialty pharma has shifted its focus from pursuit of a fibromyalgia indication for JZP-6 to Xyrem for narcolepsy.
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