The American Neurological Association Annual Meeting convenes top academic neurologists and neuroscientists, aiming to highlight groundbreaking conceptual and therapeutic advances in a variety of neurologic disease states, among other presentations.
Anti-CGRP Monoclonal Antibodies Transforming Migraine Treatment
The CGRP inhibitors are poised to transform the treatment paradigm for patients with migraine and cluster headache.
Joshua Cohen, MD: Fremanezumab for Medication Overuse Headache
The Global Medical Lead for Migraine and Headache at Teva Pharmaceuticals, the therapy’s developer, discussed its performance in patients with medication overuse headache.
Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Parkinson Disease
VY-AADC01 demonstrated promising early signs of activity and safety for patients with Parkinson disease.
Kate Davis, MD, MSTR: Cognitive Issues In Epilepsy
The assistant professor of neurology at the University of Pennsylvania discussed the complication of cognitive issues faced by patients with epilepsy, and how these are being addressed in the clinic.
Claire Henchcliffe, MD, DPhil: The History of Stem Cell Therapies for Parkinson Disease
Henchcliffe discussed the progress that has been made in this area, and where things are headed going forward.
Novel Agents on the Horizon for Huntington Disease
Several novel therapies in early stage development are beginning to show promise for patients with Huntington disease.
Jeff Waugh, MD, PhD: Using Imaging to Discern the Cause of Diseases
The director of the Pediatric Movement Disorders Program at UT Southwestern spoke about the ability of advanced imaging to help better understand the causes of disease.
The Progress of Micro-Dystrophin Gene Therapy
Since the inception of the idea more than 3 decades ago and its initial development 20 years later, Sarepta Therapeutics’ micro-dystrophin gene therapy has now made its way to human trials.