You’re probably giving the author too much credit, IMO; I would say it’s more likely that he simply didn’t know about Botox for migraine. (By and large, I find articles by STAT to be wanting.)
Here’s another statement from the article that I find misleading, although it’s not an outright falsehood:
The above statement suggests that a migraine attack generates a simple CGRP-vs-time relationship that looks like an inverted “V”; however, the actual relationship is complex, due to positive feedback loops and factors that haven’t been fully elucidated.
The article also says:
Actually, you wouldn’t want to shut down CGRP completely (either by binding it directly or by blocking the receptor) because CGRP plays a role in the cardiovascular system. Thus, the anti-migraine drugs in development seek to reduce excess amounts of CGRP rather than to “stop CGRP in its tracks.”