Student Wins Fellowship to Study New Ways to Halt Brain Inflammation
A medical student at the University of Queensland has won a U.S. Parkinson’s Foundation fellowship to investigate new ways…
Articles by Patricia Inácio, PhD
Financing Supports Planned US Trial of Lecigon for Advanced Parkinson’s
Intrance Medical Systems has raised $8 million to support a planned U.S. clinical trial of its fixed-dose combination of levodopa, carbidopa,…
Top-line Results Due by Year’s End for Just-completed P2B001 Trial
Top-line results are expected to be released by the end of this year for Pharma Two B’s multinational trial investigating the…
Analyses: Gocovri Works Better to Lessen Off Episodes, Dyskinesia
Several new clinical trial data analyses support the benefits and superiority of Gocovri (amantadine) over other therapies in lessening…
$75M Funding Will Help TreeFrog Develop Stem Cell Therapies
TreeFrog Therapeutics has raised $75 million in financing to support the clinical development of its stem cell-derived cell therapies…
Genetic Testing Costly, Hard to Access, Survey Shows
High prices, lack of access, and long waiting times are major barriers to people who want to undergo genetic testing…
No Need for Nausea Treatment for Most Patients on Kynmobi
The majority of Parkinson’s patients given Sunovion‘s Kynmobi (apomorphine hydrochloride) for “off” episodes during Phase 3 clinical trials…
CDNF, Potential DMT for Parkinson’s, May Work as Nasal Spray
A potential Parkinson’s therapy based on a protein with an ability to protect neurons — called recombinant (lab-made) human …
1 in 3 Parkinson’s Patients Struggle to Learn New Tasks
One in three people with early to mid-stage Parkinson’s disease were found to have difficulties in learning a new…
Non-invasive ‘Smell’ Test May Speed Diagnosis
A non-invasive test that measures signals from the olfactory bulb — the part of the brain responsible for scent-perception —…