The Modafinil market presents opportunities in expanding applications, regional supply-demand dynamics, and evolving end-use sectors. Key market drivers and challenges, along with price variations and ...

Narcolepsy can lead to excessive daytime sleepiness, as well as cataplexy, a sudden loss of muscle tone. Other symptoms can include sleep paralysis and hallucinations that occur both during sleep ...

In up-all-night, work-work-work America, a prescription medication like modafinil was sure to make major inroads from the get-go. And, whether you call this novel stay-awake drug by its commercial ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Increased concentration. Unlimited energy. The ability to stay laser focused during all-night strategy sessions. Buzz on the ...

Opiate addiction is characterized by high rates of relapse even after long periods of abstinence, requiring new relapse-prevention treatments that do not have abuse potential. Recently, clinical ...

A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee decides not to recommend approval of a new drug for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The committee was considering modafinil, a ...

Modafinil, often sold under the name 'Provigil', is a wakefulness-promoting drug used to treat excessive sleeping in conditions such as narcolepsy and obstructive sleep apnea. However, some also use ...

The drug modafinil was developed to treat narcolepsy (excessive sleeping), but it is widely used off-licence or off-label as a 'smart drug' to promote cognitive enhancement, where qualities such as ...

Extension of our 'natural' capacities through science and technology is not a new phenomenon – it has been a key driver of many evolutions of human society throughout history: movement with the wheel; ...