Sage Drug Could Help Take Stigma Out Of Postpartum Depression

SAGE Therapeutics Inc. could offer the one in eight new mothers suffering from postpartum depression (PPD) freedom from the overwhelming condition with the first-ever drug to specifically treat PPD if the rapid and durable response to SAGE-547 in a small Phase II clinical trial holds up in future studies.

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SAGE Therapeutics Inc. could offer the one in eight new mothers suffering from postpartum depression (PPD) freedom from the overwhelming condition with the first-ever drug to specifically treat PPD if the rapid and durable response to SAGE-547 in a small Phase II clinical trial holds up in future studies.

"I'm incredibly optimistic," said University of North Carolina (UNC) associate professor Samantha Meltzer-Brody, who runs the first specialized hospital unit...

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