Which drug is best for MS patients with no prior exposure to immunotherapy?

Dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) is more effective than teriflunomide (Aubagio) at preventing relapses in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, data from a real-world study shows. In a population-based Danish MS Registry comparing the effectiveness of both therapies over ≈2...

Dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) is more effective than teriflunomide (Aubagio) at preventing relapses in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis,...

Motor Neurone Disease

PBS listings for Parkinson’s and ALS treatments

Safinamide (Xadago) will be listed on the PBS from 1 April for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Over 11,000 people with Parkinson are expected to benefit from the listing of the drug that would otherwise cost $1,400 per year for treatment...

Safinamide (Xadago) will be listed on the PBS from 1 April for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Over 11,000 people with...

Medical politics

Neurologist gets 1.4 million supporters for petition against hate speech

Australia's largest ever petition, started by Sydney neurologist Kate Ahmad to protest against hate speech by Senator Fraser Anning, is on track to get 1.5 million signatures. Dr Ahmad, a Staff Specialist at Royal North Shore Hospital, launched the petition...

Australia's largest ever petition, started by Sydney neurologist Kate Ahmad to protest against hate speech by Senator Fraser Anning, is...

Stroke

Labor pledge to set up National Telestroke Network

A $12 million funding pledge to establish a National Telestroke Network by the opposition Labor Party has been welcomed by neurologists. Labor has backed the Stroke Foundation’s 2018 telehealth model to extend specialist stroke services into rural areas. Leader Bill Shorten...

A $12 million funding pledge to establish a National Telestroke Network by the opposition Labor Party has been welcomed by...