
Leonard Dragone, MD, PhD, Disease Area Leader at Johnson & Johnson, discusses how nipocalimab is being incorporated into generalized MG care, what long-term data show, and where J&J sees the therapy’s role evolving.

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Leonard Dragone, MD, PhD, Disease Area Leader at Johnson & Johnson, discusses how nipocalimab is being incorporated into generalized MG care, what long-term data show, and where J&J sees the therapy’s role evolving.

Three-year extension data from the phase 3 IB1001-301 trial show levacetylleucine slowed disease progression in both adults and children with Niemann-Pick disease type C.

Adults with generalized myasthenia gravis who are anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody positive now have a second self-administration option for the complement inhibitor zilucoplan.

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you an exclusive interview with Nicholas J. Maragakis, MD; and Jinsy Andrews, MD, MSc, FAAN, FANA. [LISTEN TIME: 23 minutes]

The phase 1 ASCEND trial is testing a single intrathecal dose of the investigational AAV9 gene therapy INS1201 in young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

A quick-read roundup of 10 late-breaking abstracts from the 2026 MDS Congress, from phase 3 Parkinson disease readouts to long-term data in Huntington disease and Tourette syndrome, with the key results that matter for practice.

The designation follows phase 2 ClearMEMory data in which the oral NMDA receptor antagonist improved objective cognitive performance over placebo at 12 weeks.

The professor of neurology and program director of Neuromuscular Medicine at UC Irvine, discusses phase 3 NIMBLE trial findings for cemdisiran in generalized myasthenia gravis, including its novel siRNA mechanism, efficacy, and hospitalization data.

New 48-week phase 3 data show many patients with generalized myasthenia gravis reached minimal symptom expression on telitacicept, and most who did sustained it.

The Galassia trial will evaluate the safety and tolerability of intranasal cenegermin in about 60 children with spastic cerebral palsy across Italy.

Episode 3 of Gray Areas features a conversation with KuangHua Guo, MD, PhD, discussing the evolving debate around whether sleep disorders directly cause neurodegenerative disease and what the current evidence actually shows.

Newly announced Phase 4 THRIVE trial results showed most patients who previously had an inadequate response to a CGRP-targeting therapy improved with eptinezumab over 24 weeks.

Phase 3 ARISE trial results show solengepras 150 mg significantly reduced OFF time and improved motor and nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson disease.

Christen Kutz, PhD, PA-C, discusses a retrospective survey of neurology providers examining why patients with generalized myasthenia gravis are transitioning to nipocalimab and what real-world outcomes data suggest about its role in the treatment landscape.

Phase 2a trial results showed 800 mg vutiglabridin significantly improved motor symptom scores compared with placebo in early-stage Parkinson's disease.

At a NeurologyLive Clinical Forum in Philadelphia, Jessica D. Schulte, MD, PhD, of NYU Grossman School of Medicine, discussed how earlier recognition and systemic therapy options are changing the treatment paradigm for patients with NF1-associated plexiform neurofibromas.

Seven investigational cerebral palsy therapies—from baby-tooth stem cells to cannabinoids and botulinum toxin—show mixed early results, highlighting key clinical trial milestones ahead.

Exploratory extracellular vesicle biomarkers suggested KP405, a brain-penetrant GLP-1/GIP agonist, engaged insulin signaling and neuroinflammation pathways in a small phase 1 study.

Full results from the phase 2b LUMA showed that investigational BIIB122/DNL151 did not slow confirmed clinical worsening in early-stage Parkinson's disease compared with placebo.

PROPEL will test imeroprubart, an investigational FcRn blocker, against placebo in adults with mild to severe generalized myasthenia gravis.

New data from a Cure SMA survey showed that children treated with disease-modifying therapy soon after birth walk more often and have fewer comorbidities than those treated later.

A new Bayesian network meta-analysis found nipocalimab's serious adverse event rates compared favorably with other gMG therapies, while overall adverse event rates were comparable.

A new phase 4 trial, OCTAGON, will test a rapid, predefined corticosteroid-tapering schedule in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis treated with ravulizumab.

PETUNIA, a new global pharmacovigilance study, will track pregnancy, maternal, and infant outcomes among patients with gMG exposed to nipocalimab.

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you an exclusive interview with Katherine Matthews, MD. [LISTEN TIME: 17 minutes]

The chairman of the Neurology Service Line at Baptist Health in Kentucky discussed PREVIEW trial findings for gefelorilimab in generalized myasthenia gravis, including efficacy, safety, and what the subcutaneous C5 inhibitor could offer patients if approved.

New data from the 2026 AANEM Annual Meeting showed zilucoplan delivered via autoinjector was bioequivalent to the pre-filled syringe and was well tolerated when self-administered by patients with generalized myasthenia gravis.

New phase 3 MINT trial analyses presented at the 2026 AANEM Annual Meeting showed inebilizumab produced sustained improvement in MuSK-positive gMG regardless of time since diagnosis.

PridCor Therapeutics is moving its phase 2 SHIELD trial of a combination antiviral regimen toward enrollment, building on case series data showing durable symptom improvement in long COVID.

New PREVAIL trial analyses presented at the 2026 AANEM Annual Meeting showed gefurulimab reduced gMG-related hospitalizations and produced durable symptom and quality-of-life gains through one year.

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