EPILEPSY: 50 MILLION PATIENTS WAITING FOR INNOVATION
March 20, 2026
"Many players are currently pursuing the Grail of epilepsy care: seizure prediction."
Second most common chronic neurological disease in France, affecting about 1% of the population, epilepsy remains a condition
that is little visible to the general public, as well as to investors. The medical director of the specialized investor Angelini Ventures, Fabrizio Calisti, anticipates future innovations and the opportunities of this emerging market.
BiotechFinances: How do you explain that epilepsy remains a relatively under‑invested therapeutic area compared with other neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s, even though this condit...
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