Lessons Learned in Telehealth When Implementing Multidisciplinary Care for Patients Affected by SMA

Kiril Kiprovski, MD, clinical professor of neurology and director of the Division of Neuromuscular Medicine at NYU Langone, reviews the clinical clues, bedside tests, and referral considerations that help eye care clinicians identify Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome in patients with fluctuating ptosis or diplopia.

Paul Melmeyer, MPP, Executive Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy at the Muscular Dystrophy Association, discusses the Neuromuscular Advocacy Collaborative, its growing year-round presence, and what the group hopes to accomplish heading into the 2027 MDA Clinical and Scientific Conference.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending November 6, 2026.

Servier reported that sevasemten did not meet its primary or secondary endpoints in the pivotal GRAND CANYON trial for Becker muscular dystrophy.

QurAlis reported interim ANQUR trial results showing target engagement, a biomarker signal, and a trend toward slower functional decline with QRL-201 in ALS.

An epileptologist at Cleveland Clinic discussed findings from a recently published study of lifestyle interventions in epilepsy and why these approaches should complement rather than replace antiseizure medications.

The 500-participant study will assess whether pridopidine, an investigational sigma-1 receptor agonist, can slow functional decline and improve survival in patients with early, rapidly progressing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

uniQure presented final safety and biomarker results from the discontinued EPISOD1 trial of AMT-162, an investigational gene therapy for SOD1-associated ALS.