From August 27-28, 2020 the Epilepsy Foundation hosted the Pipeline Conference, exploring emerging issues related to antiepileptic drug and device development. The conference featured epilepsy therapeutic companies and academic laboratories developing drugs for focal epilepsies, innovations for rare and ultra-rare diseases, and devices both in clinical trials and approved for use. In this paper, we outline the virtual presentations by the authors, including novel data from their development pipeline.

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