DX Disease Management, Mechanisms, and Treatment (Platform/Oral)

Friday, May 31, 2013: 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Lake Mizzel AB
1:00 PM
Alemtuzumab is Efficacious in Highly-Active RRMS Patients in CARE-MS II
Stephen Krieger, MD, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; Douglas L Arnold, MD, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, and NeuroRx Research, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Jeffrey A Cohen, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Alasdair J Coles, MD, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Christian Confavreux, MD, University Claude Bernard, Lyon, France; Edward J Fox, MD, MS Clinic of Central Texas, Round Rock, TX, USA; Hans-Peter Hartung, MD, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany; Eva Havrdova, MD, PhD, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic; Krzysztof Selmaj, MD, PhD, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland; Howard L Weiner, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital Center for Neurologic Diseases; Tamara A Miller, MD, Advanced Neurology of Colorado, Ft Collins, CO, USA; Cary L Twyman, MD, Associates in Neurology PSC, Lexington, KY, USA; Stephen L Lake, ScD, Genzyme, Cambridge, MA, USA; David H Margolin, MD, Genzyme, Cambridge, MA, USA; Michael A Panzara, MD, Genzyme, Cambridge, MA, USA; Alastair Compston, MD, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

1:20 PM
No Effect on Incidence of Infection After Therapy Switch to Fingolimod
Christopher LaGanke, MD, North Central Neurology Associates, PC; Daniel Wynn, MD, FACN, FAASM, Consultants in Neurology MS Center; Kevin McCague, MA, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Luigi M Barbato, MD, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Ron Hashmonay, MD, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation

1:40 PM
Patient Preference for Risk Benefit Trade-Off of Disease Modifying Therapy Attributes
Leslie S Wilson, PhD, University of California San Francisco; Aimee Loucks, PharmD, Kaiser Permanente; Gregory Gipson, PharmD, University of California San Francisco; Christine Bui, MS, University of California San Francisco; Emmanuelle Waubant, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco; Douglas S. Goodin, MD, University of California, San Francisco; Bruce Cree, MD/PhD MCR, University of California, San Francisco; Mary Owen, NP, University of California, San Francisco; Amy Schwartzburg, NP, University of California, San Francisco; Charles E McCulloch, PhD, University of California, San Francisco

2:00 PM
A Study of Topical Diclofenac for Glatiramer Acetate Injection Reactions
Theodore R Brown, MD, MPH, Evergreen Health; Virginia I Simnad, MD, MS, Evergreen Health; April E Slee, MS, Axio Research

2:20 PM
Peginterferon Beta-1a in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis: Phase 3 ADVANCE
Peter A Calabresi, MD, FAAN, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Bernd C Kieseier, MD, Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany; Douglas L Arnold, MD, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, and NeuroRx Research; Laura Balcer, MD, MSCE, NYU Langone Medical Center; Alexey Boyko, MD, Moscow MS Center at RSMU, Moscow, Russia; Jean Pelletier, MD, PhD, Departments of Neurology and Research (CRMBM), CHU Timone, Marseille, France; Serena Hung, MD, Biogen Idec Inc; Ali Seddighzadeh, MD, Biogen Idec Inc; Shifang Liu, PhD, Biogen Idec Inc; Ying Zhu, PhD, Biogen Idec Inc; Bjorn Sperling, MD, Biogen Idec Inc; Aaron Deykin, MD, Biogen Idec Inc

2:40 PM
Development of Multipotent Adult Progenitor Cells for Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
Jason A Hamilton, PhD, Athersys Inc.; Rochelle Cutrone, MS, Athersys Inc.; Jordan Hecker, BS, Case Western Reserve University; Janet Krasno, BS, Case Western Reserve University; Krysta Wyatt, MS, Case Western Reserve University; Sarah A Busch, PhD, Athersys Inc.; Lianhua Bai, PhD, Case Western Reserve University; Robert J Deans, PhD, Athersys Inc.; Robert H Miller, PhD, Case Western Reserve University; Robert W Mays, PhD, Athersys Inc.

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