Episode 134: Previewing the 2025 ACTRIMS Forum

Véronique Miron, PhD

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The Mind Moments podcast features exclusive interviews with leaders in the field discussing the latest research and disease management strategies across the breadth of neurology, including epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, dementia, sleep disorders, and more.

In this episode, "Previewing the 2025 ACTRIMS Forum," Véronique Miron, PhD, The John David Eaton Chair in Multiple Sclerosis at the University of Toronto, gave a clinical overview of the 2025 ACTRIMS Forum, which is set to be held February 27-March 1, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Miron, an expert in the field, spoke on the reasons behind this year's theme of "Making Connections," as well as some of the most notable and innovative sessions attending clinicians should keep their eyes on. Additionally, she spoke on how the curriculum at this year's meeting aligns with the most recent MS McDonald Diagnostic Criteria that was presented at ECTRIMS 2024. Miron also spoke on the different seminars that cover drug development, innovative new treatment approaches, and Bruton Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) inhibitors. Furthermore, she provided commentary on how this year's meeting differs from previous iterations of ACTRIMS, highlighting some of the changes to the agenda and the advances in MS research.

The stories featured in this week's Neurology News Minute, which will give you quick updates on the following developments in neurology, are further detailed here:

• FDA Approves Axsome Therapeutics’ AXS-07 for Migraine Treatment
• FDA Approves Vertex Pharmaceuticals' Suzetrigine for Acute Pain Management
• FDA Approves Apomorphine Infusion Device SPN-830 as New Parkinson Treatment

EPISODE BREAKDOWN

• 1:10 – Reasons behind "Making Connections" theme 
• 2:50 – Overviewing key unique sessions and forums from the meeting
• 5:10 – Aligning curriculum with 2024 MS McDonald Criteria
• 7:00 – Neurology News Minute
• 9:00 – Drug development topics from ACTRIMS 2025
• 12:20 – Differences between ACTRIMS 2025 vs ACTRIMS 2024

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