The RAPID project aims to improve the lives of migraine patients. We know that migraine patients suffer not only from common acute co-morbities such as anxiety and depression, but also longer-term elevated risk of certain neurodegenerative diseases if their migraine attacks are not effectively managed. The RAPID project aims to develop a rapid-acting migraine treatment that also gives the migraine patient confidence in a consistent effect every time they use it. This confidence, in turn, will not only lower the risk of developing anxiety in relation to whether their treatment will work or not, but also allow them to return to their normal lives more quickly after a migraine attack. An additional benefit of the RAPID project is that the resulting product is very compact, easily fitting into a wallet or mobile phone case, so that a patient will always have their medication with them. This results in an earlier intervention in their migraine attack - a key factor in effective acute and chronic migraine management.
The overall objectives of the project are to manufacture and test the final product and assemble a registration package suitable for submission to regulatory authorities for marketing authorization in the EU and US.