The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) is collaborating with Smart Patients — an online community connecting Parkinson’s patients and their families — to extend APDA’s resources to help people living with the disease. Smart Patients provides resources so people can have the latest information related to their condition, share their questions and…
International Stem Cell’s clinical trial testing its ISC-hpNSC neural cells for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) can move forward, the company said. The announcement comes after an evaluation from experts from a Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), who looked at the safety data from the first group of patients…
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) is giving three clinical trial centers a $125,000 incentive to increase accessibility and volunteer enrollment in Parkinson’s disease (PD) studies as part of its new Parkinson’s Disease Trial Recruitment Innovation (PD-TRI) program. The centers – Barrow Neurological Institute in…
Living Cell Technologies (LCT) has completed treatment in the six patients enrolled in the third and final cohort of the Phase 2b clinical trial evaluating NTCELL in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) at Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand. LCT’s lead product, NTCELL, is an alginate-coated capsule…
American scientists have formed what they call the BRAIN Center to develop, test and market innovative technologies to help people with neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s, stroke and paralysis, and people who have lost limbs. The goal of BRAIN, which stands for Building Reliable Advances and Innovation in Neurotechnology, is to…
Impax Laboratories is presenting data on its approved Parkinson’s disease treatment, Rytary, as well as findings in a clinical trial assessing a version of this extended-release carbidopa and levodopa mixture (IPX203) in people with advanced disease symptoms, including possible improvements in daily activities and quality of life. The presentations began Sunday and run…
Dancing helps prevent Parkinson’s disease, obesity, dementia, depression and anxiety, says Dr. Patricia Bragg, CEO of organic health company Bragg Live Food Products. “New studies show that dancing increases your memory and helps prevent a wide variety of diseases such as Alzheimer’s,” Bragg said in a press release.
Adamas Pharmaceuticals will make two presentations in Boston this month on ADS-5102 as a treatment for involuntary muscle movements associated with Parkinson’s disease. ADS-5102, a high-dose amantadine therapy, decreases the duration, intensity and debility of the muscle movements, clinical trials have shown. The problems, which range from slight hand tremors to uncontrollable upper…
British pharmaceutical firm Mission Therapeutics will test its potent, selective USP30-targeted inhibitors in stem cell-derived Parkinson’s disease models, as part of research funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF). Cells maintain healthy mitochondria — the cell’s power generators — by degrading damaged mitochondria in a process known as mitophagy. Defective…
Italian pharmaceutical conglomerate Zambon has partnered with Montreal-based Valeo Pharma to bring Xadago (safinamide) to Canada, where 100,000 patients living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) will now have access to this recently approved drug. Xadago was developed by Italy’s Newron Pharmaceuticals and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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