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Progressive MS Projects Earn Research Challenge Awards

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada has granted itsĀ International Progressive MS Alliance (Alliance) Research Challenge Awards to 19 researchers for their work on progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Among them is Jennifer Gommerman, PhD, a professor at the University of Toronto, in Canada, who will use…

MedTech Breakthrough Cites RxMx and Roche for MS Patient App

For a comprehensive support app developed for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients,Ā RxMxĀ and Roche have won the Patient Engagement Innovation Award from Medtech Breakthrough. The fourth annual awards program recognized top health and medical technology products and companies. Healthcare company RxMx and pharmaceutical company Roche collaborated to produce…

MS Researcher Stephen Hauser, MD, Awarded the 2017 Taubman Prize

Stephen L. Hauser, MD, director of theĀ University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)‘s Weill Institute for Neurosciences,Ā has been awarded the 2017 Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Research. Recognized for scientific work that challenged the way multiple sclerosis (MS) is regarded, Hauserā€™s discoveries have opened new therapeutic…

BpiFrance Awards PathMaker Grant to Develop MyoRegulator, Device to Treat Spasticity

The French economic promotionĀ agencyĀ BpifranceĀ has awarded Boston-basedĀ PathMaker NeurosystemsĀ a grant to finance theĀ development of itsĀ MyoRegulator, a noninvasiveĀ neurotherapy technology to treatĀ conditions linked toĀ neural pathway disruption, includingĀ neuromotor spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Through the Programme d’Investissements d’Avenir (PIA-1), an investment program offered by Bpifrance, the Ā grant ā€” whose…