From a Parkinson's disease expert: Rasagiline and the Future of Therapy

<p>Abstract</p> <p>John Finberg is a professor of pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, home of Israel's two Nobel laureates. He and his colleague Prof. Moussa Youdim were instrumental in the early clinical development of the anti-...

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Main Author: Lakhan Shaheen E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-07-01
Series:Molecular Neurodegeneration
Online Access:http://www.molecularneurodegeneration.com/content/2/1/13
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Summary:<p>Abstract</p> <p>John Finberg is a professor of pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, home of Israel's two Nobel laureates. He and his colleague Prof. Moussa Youdim were instrumental in the early clinical development of the anti-Parkinson drug rasagiline, which gained UK- and EU-marketing authorization in 2005 and US FDA approval in 2006. In our interview, Finberg reflects on his clinical research to develop rasagiline as a commercial drug and its proposed pharmacological mechanisms of action. Moreover, he elucidates the current state of anti-Parkinson drug discovery and offers direction for future research.</p>
ISSN:1750-1326