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News Neurology

• Curve Therapeutics Announces Collaboration with MSD for Next Generation Drug Discovery Platform
  

  Curve Therapeutics, a private biotechnology startup pioneering a potentially game-changing, functional drug discovery platform, announces a global research collaboration with MSD, the trade name of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ USA, to discover and validate modulators of up to five therapeutic t more

• Merck acquires Swiss biotech start-up
  

  Merck announced a strategically focused expansion of its neurology pipeline with the acquisition of the rights to develop cladribine for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Merck entered into an agreement to secure the global right more

• Merck and B. Braun Join Forces in the Development of Bioelectronic Devices
  

  Merck announced a collaboration in its new Bioelectronics innovation field with neuroloop GmbH – a B. Braun subsidiary and early-stage start-up company. B. Braun SE is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of medical technology and pharmaceutical products. The collaboration seeks to develop a neu more

Infographics Neurology

Chemical Structures of Neurotransmitters

A bit of a chemistry/biology tie in today with a series of posters looking at the chemical structures of some of the main neurotransmitters in the brain. I’ve also included a little information on the main effects and roles of each underneath the structures – however, I’d hasten to add that, since t more

Publications Neurology

• Conflicts of interest of editors of medical journals

  by Waqas Haque, Abu Minhajuddin, Arjun Gupta, Deepak Agrawal Background Almost all medical journals now require authors to publicly disclose conflicts of interests (COI). The same standard and scrutiny is rarely employed for the editors of the journals although COI may affect editorial decisions. more

• Stars of neurology meet at AAN 2018

  Stars of neurology meet at AAN 2018 Stars of neurology meet at AAN 2018, Published online: 15 May 2018; doi:10.1038/s41582-018-0012-0 Stars of neurology meet at AAN 2018 more

• ECTRIMS/EAN guideline on the pharmacological treatment of people with multiple sclerosis

  Background and purpose Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease of the central nervous system. As new drugs are becoming available, knowledge on diagnosis and treatment must continuously evolve. There is therefore a need for a reference tool compiling current data on benefit and safety, to a more