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FDA Expected To Approve Esketamine Nasal Spray For Depression

NPR | By Jon Hamilton

Published March 4, 2019 at 7:41 PM EST

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The Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve a new type of drug for depression. It is esketamine, a chemical cousin of the anesthetic and party drug ketamine.

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