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These data on the preventive migraine treatment confirmed findings from previous studies, with eptinezumab not only reducing total migraine days, but elongating the duration of consecutive migraine-free days.

The director of the Sleep Disorders Research Program at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine discussed new technologies being used to diagnose and treat sleep apnea.

Treatment with CBD resulted in a significant number of patients with TSC reporting being “much” or “very much” improved on the Subject/Caregiver Global Impression of Change.

The COMT inhibitor helps increase ON time without promoting dyskinesia.

The co-director of the Jane and John Justin Neurosciences Center at Cook Children’s Hospital discussed his experience with Zogenix’s investigational Dravet syndrome treatment in clinical trials and in the Expanded Access Program.

Data from the OVERCOME study of more than 20,000 respondents suggest that those whose acute migraine treatment was optimized according to the mTOQ had less disability and better quality of life.

Ofatumumab, Novartis’s fully human anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, demonstrated a reduction in the risk of 3- and 6-month confirmed disability progression compared to teriflunomide in relapsing multiple sclerosis.

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The co-director of the Jane and John Justin Neurosciences Center at Cook Children’s Hospital discussed the real-world data collected from the Expanded Access Program for fenfluramine (Fintepla; Zogenix) in patients with Dravet syndrome.

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Biohaven’s acute migraine treatment rimegepant showed numerically significant differences from placebo on pain relief, with benefit as early as 15 minutes postdose.

The neurologist at the Barrow Neurological Institute discussed her experience with telemedicine and gave advice on how to conduct examinations through audio/video platforms.

The initial report of the US Expanded Access Program for fenfluramine indicates that those with Dravet syndrome treated with fenfluramine (Fintepla; Zogenix) have clinically meaningful responses similar to that observed in clinical trials.