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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending June 17, 2022.

Mary Schroth, MD, and Jacqueline Glascock, PhD, of Cure SMA, share their perspectives on the upcoming annual meeting.

Given the importance of mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum function in ALS, the disruption of intracellular mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum contacts presents yet another avenue for neuronal degeneration—perhaps the primary point of underlying dysfunction.

The approval was based on results from the phase 3 HELIOS-A study, which showed that vutrisiran met its primary end point of change in modified Neuropathy Impairment Score + 7 over a 9-month treatment period.

The approval was based on phase 2/3 findings that showed an average score of 2.32 points higher on ALS Functional Rating Scale with AMX0035 compared with placebo.

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending June 10, 2022.

The trial is set to read out topline data in the second half of 2023 after completing the target enrollment of 73 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy aged 6 to 12 years. The connective tissue growth factor inhibitor has been granted orphan drug, fast track, and rare pediatric disease designations.

Richard Finkel, MD, RAINBOWFISH’s principal investigator and the director of the Experimental Neuroscience Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, offered his take on the recent FDA decision for risdiplam (Evrysdi; Genentech).

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The agency pushed the PDUFA date back citing new data analyses that constitute a significant amendment to the NDA.

The founder and chief medical officer of Omniscient Neurotechnology discussed how the use of machine learning and big data will be critical in revolutionizing our understanding of the brain and mental illnesses.

Data from the RAINBOWFISH study and a large-scale extension, FIREFISH, were the basis for risdiplam’s expanded indication, which now includes babies with SMA under 2 months old.

The founder and chief medical officer of Omniscient Neurotechnology commented on the areas of need with understanding the brain map and treating conditions with multiple pathway crossover. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending May 27, 2022.

David Evans, MBA, shared his experience from this year’s event and spoke about the progress that’s been made in advocating for patients in the last several years at the AAN's Neurology on the Hill conference.

Falls, a common occurrence for patients with spinocerebellar ataxia, were significantly reduced following treatment with troriluzole after 48 weeks.

The founder and chief medical officer of Omniscient Neurotechnology provided insight on the successes using connectomics, including the FDA approval of Quicktome, a digital brain mapping platform. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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