Israeli medical expert addresses UK audience

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Mon Apr-10-06 03:47 AM
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Israeli medical expert addresses UK audience

Leading figures from the medical and pharmaceutical world attended a breakfast meeting in central London last week to hear Professor Moussa Youdim, director of the Eve Topf Neurodegenerative Diseases Centre at the Technion, Haifa and a world-renowned expert in the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

The event, hosted by law firm Mishcon de Reya, had a live video link-up to Prof Youdim in Israel. Professionals from hospitals across London as well as research universities and leading pharmaceutical companies took part in the round table discussion.

Rare discovery

Prof Youdim talked about his discovery of Rasagiline, a new drug which marks a major breakthrough in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The drug was made available in the UK last year by Teva Pharmaceuticals, under the brand name Azilect.

In a study of 687 Parkinson’s patients from Israel, Argentina and Europe, Azilect and Entracapone were compared when used with the drug Levodopa.

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Mon Apr-10-06 10:22 AM
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1. why is this in LBN...?

In other news, Mike C. had breakfast with his cats. Marble, who is ill with chronic kidney disease, is holding her own for the moment. Mango needed additional flea control treatment.

Next up-- Mike C. reviews his scehdule before work. Stay tuned for details!

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Mon Apr-10-06 01:28 PM
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2. Because it met the criteria to be posted here...

in other news....a post about a medical is ignored and rediculed...let's see if we can guess why?!

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Mon Apr-10-06 05:50 PM
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4. the medical development was news a year ago....

Edited on Mon Apr-10-06 05:54 PM by mike_c

The only thing new that I can see is that the PI teleconferenced with a breakfast meeting in London. Why is that significant? I don't get it-- why do you consider this LBN? I'm not trying to be snarky-- which part of this do you consider "news?"

on edit-- I teleconferenced with colleagues in Hawaii this morning about new research we're doing on gastropod reproductive biology. Is that news also?

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Mon Apr-10-06 06:49 PM
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5. .

So because it was about somthing a year ago, yet was written up yesterday it should irrelevant? Whatever. I know what the real objection is!

Anyway, it isn't LBN because I made the mistake of adding, instead of subtracting the time stamp.

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Mon Apr-10-06 01:31 PM
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3. This is great news

thanks!!!

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Mon Apr-10-06 07:33 PM
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6. Locking

Per OP's request - and not latest breaking news.

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