The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the new drug Cobenfy
Scientists have said a new schizophrenia drug "has the potential to change the lives of millions of people".
READ MORE: READ MORE: House hunters 'scared' after spotting strange room inside quirky £1.5m Greater Manchester pad Dr Lynsey Bilsland, head of mental health translation at Wellcome in the UK, which funded early studies into Cobenfy, said: "It works in a completely different way from any other currently used schizophrenia drugs.""Schizophrenia is commonly treated with antipsychotics."
"Wellcome supports mental health research to drive transformation in early intervention for anxiety, depression and psychosis." "Current treatments are ineffective for many of the symptoms of schizophrenia we need compounds with novel mechanisms of action."
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