EU agency say no trials of mesdopetam in children are needed

The European Medicines Agency (EMA), which evaluates the safety and efficacy of new drugs in the European Union, has waived a requirement that would have had Irlab Therapeutics conducting clinical trials testing mesdopetam — its therapy candidate for levodopa-induced dyskinesia, or uncontrolled, involuntary movements common in Parkinson’s disease…

Black Doggy Goes to the Doctor

“Why can’t I go?” asked my granddaughter, whom I call Boo. “The doctor is trying to fix my brain and it won’t be any fun,” I replied as 3-year-old Boo looked at me curiously. I had undergone deep brain stimulation two weeks earlier for my Parkinson’s disease,…

Becoming Childlike … Again

I was watching my 3-year-old grandson this past week. He was having a difficult day. There have been several adjustments in his little life lately. Daddy’s job is taking him away for five months straight. We can understand time, but a 3-year-old wonders where daddy is at the…