title: Schedules of controlled substances: placement of perampanel into Schedule III. Final rule.
abstract: With the issuance of this final rule, the Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) places the substance perampanel [2-(2-oxo-1-phenyl-5-pyridin-2-yl-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl) benzonitrile], including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This scheduling action is pursuant to the CSA which requires that such actions be made on the record after opportunity for a hearing through formal rulemaking. This action imposes the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule III controlled substances on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, dispense, import, export, engage in research, conduct instructional activities with, or possess) or propose to handle perampanel.
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000145:classification; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D011728:Pyridones / Q000145:classification*; D018091:Receptors, AMPA / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D011728:Pyridones; D018091:Receptors, AMPA