A new treatment for a condition that can feel like tiny people skating on razor blades in your stomach and affects an estimated 200 million women just got approved (ABBV)

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• The FDA just approved elagolix, a new treatment for women living with endometriosis.
• Endometriosis, a condition that affects millions of women, occurs when tissue from the uterus grows outside of it, leading to cysts, heavy bleeding, and scarring. 
• It’s the first new treatment in a pill form for the disorder in more than a decade. 

The FDA just approved a new treatment for endometriosis. 

The drug, elagolix — now marketed as Orilissa — is made by AbbVie in partnership with Neurocrine Biosciences, and it’s taken as a daily pill.  
It’s the first new treatment for the disorder in a pill form in more than a decade. 

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