MS Ireland would like to congratulate Prof. Alan Thompson on winning the 2021 Charcot Award. The Charcot Award recognises a lifetime achievement in outstanding research into understanding and treating MS. Prof. Thompson who is the Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences at UCL in the UK, is a long-time supporter of MS Ireland who has focused his 40-year career on the care and treatment of people living with MS.
To understand the opportunities and barriers for evaluating services delivered in MS Ireland.
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The MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) and European Commission have granted marketing authorisation for an under-the-skin injection of Tysabri. Tysabri is a disease-modifying therapy for highly active relapsing-remitting MS.
UK experts are set to run a multi-arm, multi-stage trial which will test a range of drugs already approved for other illnesses for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). The ‘Octopus trial’ will allow three drugs to be tested at the same time.
All-Ireland MS Research Network (AIMS-RN) provides hope to those affected by multiple sclerosis
Lauren McCauley, person living with MS, patient advisor and a participant
Conducting research remotely by Fionnuala Rogers, Research Assistant at NUI Galway with the COB-MS feasibility trial.
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