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Stalevo Will Retain Decision Resources' Gold-Standard Status Through 2017 for Parkinson's Disease, According to a New Report from Decision Resources WALTHAM, Mass., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that a once-daily transdermal formulation of levodopa would earn a 30 percent patient share in Parkinson's disease in both the United States and in Europe, according to surveyed...

First Ever Virtual Parkinson's Unity Walk Launched to Expand Participation and Donations NEW YORK, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday April 25, the Parkinson's disease community will unite in New York City's Central Park for the 15th annual Parkinson's Unity Walk to raise awareness and funds for Parkinson's disease research. The two-mile walk, and educational community day, provides an opportunity for this community to come together to celebrate and recognize the more than one million...

Personal Genetics Company to Assemble Online Community of 10,000 Individuals with PD To Drive New Online Research Platform MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- 23andMe, Inc., an industry leader in personal genetics, announced today that it has launched a Parkinson's disease initiative in collaboration with The Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center ("PI") and The Michael J. Fox Foundation ("MJFF"). The first-of-its-kind program will focus on enrolling 10,000 individuals with...

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c84a4e/forecast_insight) has announced the addition of the "Forecast Insight: Parkinson's Disease - Market Upgrade following Evidence of Disease Slowing with Azilect" report to their offering. Stimulated by evidence of disease slowing with Teva/Lundbecks Azilect (rasagiline), and successful reformulation of leading dopamine agonists, the Parkinson's disease market value is set to grow by an compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...

After working on the Manchester Guardian and the Daily Express, he moved into television with Granada working on current affairs and film programmes. He began writing a weekly sports column for The Sunday Times in 1965 and presented the Parkinson chat show for 11 years.Sir Michael also had a successful career in radio, including presenting Desert Island Discs. He won a Bafta award in 1999 and was awarded a CBE and made a Fellow of the British Film Institute the following year. (c) 2008...

NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- New findings from the first nationwide survey in a decade to explore the dynamics between neurologists, people with Parkinson's disease and their caregivers, revealed a need for increased education on key issues in the management of Parkinson's disease. Significant insights highlight a great need for the development of resources that can improve disease management, as well as the education of people on existing resources. These findings and other considerable...

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Pharmaceutical industry is available in its catalogue. http://www.reportlinker.com/p095767/Forecast-Insight-Parkinsons-Disease---Market-upgrade-following-evidence-of-disease-slowing-with-Azilect.html Introduction Stimulated by evidence of disease slowing with Teva/Lundbeck's Azilect (rasagiline), and successful reformulation of leading dopamine agonists, the Parkinson's disease market value is set to grow by an...

By TOM HOSKYNS Hit & Run... Michael Parkinson, eminence grise of light entertaiment, writes in his new memoirs that he doesn't approve of Simon Cowell - Parky reckons that 'The X Factor' mogul promotes mediocrity in the music industry. What, then, to make of his latest money-spinner, a series of Michael Parkinson-branded compilation albums that make Leona Lewis look like Thom Yorke? It doesn't stop there - in addition to Mike's favourite MOR and lounge jazz, we also get a website,...

Hope and determination motivated 13,000 SuperWalkers in over 80 communities across Canada to raise a record $2.2 million for Parkinson's research, education and support services, with more money still to come. The 2008 SuperWalk for Parkinson's success was thanks to the support of over 2,000 volunteers, countless donors and sponsors. Today over 100,000 Canadians with Parkinson's are filled with hope - hope for better treatments, hope for a cure for Parkinson's and hope that the causes will...

MICHAEL J. Fox, who quit full-time acting because of Parkinson's disease, will return to US TV with a four-episode guest role on FX's Rescue Me. Fox will play a "very funny, very original character," said the channel. (c) 2008 Evening Mail; Birmingham (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.