touchNEUROLOGY met with Professor Mary Koenig (McGovern Medical School, UTHealth, Houston, TX, USA) to discuss the efficacy and safety findings from the phase 2 Violet study, investigating oral ganaxalone in PCDH19-Clustering Epilepsy (NCT03865732). The abstract ‘Phase 2 Open-label Clinical Study Evaluating Oral Ganaxolone for the Treatment of Seizures Associated with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex‘ (Abstract number: […]

It was a great pleasure to meet with both Dr Monica Ferrer Socorro (NYU Langone Health, New York City, NY, USA) and Prof. Jacqueline French (NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA) to discuss a retrospective analysis investigating focal epilepsy, its clinical presentation in adolescents, highlighting disproportionate delay to diagnosis experienced by […]

touchNEUROLOGY met with Prof. Michael Sperling (Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA) to discuss a subgroup analysis from a phase 3 safety study investigating the use of diazepam nasal spray in patients with seizure clusters concomitantly receiving clobazam. Diazepam nasal spray is an FDA-approved nasal spray version of diazepam, indicated for the treatment of acute, […]

We had the pleasure of meeting with Dr William E. Rosenfeld, MD (Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Center for Children and Adults, St. Louis, MO, USA). Dr Rosenfeld discusses the use of cenobamate as an antiseizure medication for the treatment of adults with focal seizures. Here he discusses a number of posters presented at AES 2021 from […]

touchNEUROLOGY met with Dr Teresa Coelho (Unidade Clinica de Paramiloidose, Hospital de Santo Antonio, Porto, Portugal) to discuss new therapies for the treatment of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis. Hereditary ATTR amyloidosis is a progressive and fatal disorder caused by variant transthyretin deposition as amyloid. The interview discusses an overview of tafamidis, patisiran, and inotersen, and their […]

Dr Robert M. Levy (INS Past President) and Dr Carlos Tornero Tornero (Congress Chair) invite you to join the International Neuromodulation Society (INS) 15^th World Congress, 21-26 May 2022, held in Barcelona, Spain.  The INS 15^th World Congress, themed Neuromodulation: From Scientific Theory to Revolutionary Therapy, will emphasize the field’s transformative force on disease treatment. A strong […]

touchNEUROLOGY met up with Prof. Giuseppe Lauria Pinter (University of Milan, Milan, Italy) to discuss the efficacy and outcome measures of a phase 2 study investigating guanabenz for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The abstract entitled: ‘The unfolded protein response in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Results of a Phase 2 Trial’ was presented at the […]

touchNEUROLOGY met up with Prof. Bernhard Hemmer (TUM-Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany) to discuss the primary data from the phase III Antelope study, investigating proposed natalizumab biosimilar PB006 in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. The abstract entitled: ‘Efficacy and safety of proposed natalizumab biosimilar PB006 versus Tysabri® in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis: primary […]

touchNEUROLOGY joins Dr Le Hanh Hua (Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, NV, USA) to discuss the hot topics in the field of multiple sclerosis. The abstract entitled: ‘Safety and efficacy of siponimod in patients with active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis identifying as Hispanic from the phase 3 EXPAND study’ was […]