Doctors are using Elekta‘s Leksell Vantage Stereotactic System for precision Parkinson’s disease surgery at three European hospitals. The system has led to improved treatment and patient comfort, the company said. A stereotactic system uses three-dimensional coordinates to locate small targets inside the body. The first surgeries using the system were performed…
CVT-301 significantly improves movement in Parkinson’s disease patients at times of the day when the impact of other therapies diminishes, according to a Phase 3 clinical trial. The impact of a Parkinson’s treatment varies during the day. It is often most effective right after a patient takes it, and least…
Merz Neurosciences says two doses of its therapy Xeomin (incobotulinumtoxin A) effectively treat chronic drooling among patients with Parkinson’s disease and other illnesses. The company, a unit of Germany’s Merz Pharma, will present results from the SIAXI Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT02091739) June 7 at the 21st International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease…
Recent research identified a new technology that can successfully deliver drugs across the blood-brain barrier, conferring neuroprotection in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. The study entitled “Heterotopic Mucosal Grafting Enables the Delivery of Therapeutic Neuropeptides Across the Blood Brain Barrier” was published in Neurosurgery…
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