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Nordic Migraine Symposium 2021
Click here to view summary of the ajovy SmPc available here (in Danish)
Session 1: Genetics of migraine
Genetic aspects and latest findings
Aarno Palotie
M.D., Ph.D. Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland at University of Helsinki & The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA. USA
Clinical Implications
Mikko Kallela
Assistant Professor, Neurology specialist at Helsinki University Central Hospital and Helsinki Headache Center, Finland
Session 2: New targets: Neuropeptides and ion channels
PACAP and VIP
Debbie Hay
Professor at Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Otago, New Zealand
Targeting ion channels
Messoud Ashina
Professor of Neurology, University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Denmark
Session 3: Safety and tolerability, wearing-off
Safety and tolerability, wearing-off
Dagny Holle-Lee
MD, PhD, Professor, Westgerman Headache Center Essen, Germany
Combination therapy and switching
Anne Christine Poole
General practitioner and headache specialist at Oslo Headache Centre, Norway
Session 4: Pathophysiological Aspects
Pathophysiological Aspects
Koen Paemeleire
Professor, Department of Neurology in Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
Epidemiological and clinical aspects
Zaza Katsarava
MD, PhD, MSc, Chief at Department of Neurology, Evangelical Hospital Unna. Professor at University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Session 5: Different reimbursement strategies of anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies in Nordic countries – a clinical or political decision?
Societal burden of migraine
Mattias Linde
Professor of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, NTNU, Norway, Director of Tjörn Headache Clinic, Sweden
Discrepancy between the recommendations and reimbursement regulations of the anti-CGRPs in the Nordics
Lars Bendtsen
Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Denmark
Impact on patients
Elena Ruiz de la Torre
Executive Director, Past President, European Migraine and Headache Alliance EMHA, Belgium
Session 6: Digital aids helping towards precision medicine in headache management
The Headache Calculator - A diagnostic tool
Anne Christine Poole
General practitioner and headache specialist at Oslo Headache Centre, Norway
Intelligent digital technology in migraine management: examples from NTNU, Norway
Anker Stubberud
Ph.D. Researcher at the Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway