# This Biotech's Pill Achieves What a $34,000 IV Treatment Couldn't

- slug: this-biotechs-pill-achieves-what-a-34000-iv-treatment-couldnt
- date: 2026-03-25
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

When brexanolone won FDA approval in 2019 as the first-ever treatment specifically for postpartum depression, it felt like the opening of a new chapter in neuropsychiatry.

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