A lot.
As the FDA gets closer to its PDUFS (Prescription Drug User Fee Act) on October 22, 2009 for Acorda's (ACOR) Fampridine-SR, the name will also be changed to Amaya.
So, what does Amaya mean?
Amaya is Japanese and Arabic for night rain.
"A-" sometimes mean "a," "on" or "not".
"Maya" is Hindi for illusion (or, more positively, dream).
More importantly, perhaps, Maya is very similar to ma'ayan, which is Hebrew for spring (as in a spring of water).
Maybe, "a" "maya"n portends well for the MS community, as the FDA will (hopefully) grant approval in the "not" "spring," i.e. the fall.
October is still Fall, right?
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that was a really interesting post!
ReplyDeleteI am so looking forward to this drug. I've not had the chance to try 4-AP as my MDs were too worried about the hx of seizure with some folk on it. So...are you saying it will be called Amaya instead of Fampridine SR?
ReplyDeleteYes, the name will not be Fampridine-SR. It is common for the FDA to ask for a name change prior to marketing.
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