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Tecfidera Generic Granted Tentative FDA Approval as Patent Assault Continues
October 16th 2019The latest generic entry comes on the heels of a new report from ICER, which published a list of prescription drugs that had substantial price increases in 2017 and 2018 without what they consider to be new supporting evidence.
Gait Speed Is a Relevant Marker of Functional Decline, Aging at Midlife
October 11th 2019The findings have implications for ongoing early intervention research in Alzheimer disease and dementia since significant functional and neurocognitive declines were evident in middle age adults based on gait speed assessments.
Tecfidera Generic Granted Tentative FDA Approval as Patent Assault Continues
October 9th 2019The latest generic entry comes on the heels of a new report from ICER, which published a list of prescription drugs that had substantial price increases in 2017 and 2018 without what they consider to be new supporting evidence.
Bernard Baumel, MD: Evaluating Stem Cells in Alzheimer Disease
October 4th 2019Bernard Baumel, MD, and colleagues at the University of Miami have recently launched a clinical trial to examine the safety and efficacy of multiple doses of human mesenchymal stem cells in patients with Alzheimer disease.
Exploring Alternative AED Dosing to Boost Treatment Adherence
September 12th 2019Rodney Allan Radtke, MD, professor of neurology at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, discussed some of the new therapeutic options available to help improve tolerance and adherence challenges that clinicians commonly face in epilepsy practice.
Adherence to Acute Care Bundle Improves Intracerebral Hemorrhage Mortality
September 6th 2019Given that ICH is associated with some of the worst outcome rates among stroke subtypes, investigators sought to evaluate the effect of improved implementation of a system of evidence- and guideline-based interventions.
Exploring Alternative AED Dosing to Boost Treatment Adherence
August 26th 2019Rodney Allan Radtke, MD, professor of neurology at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, discussed some of the new therapeutic options available to help improve tolerance and adherence challenges that clinicians commonly face in epilepsy practice.