Publication
Article
This supplement to The American Journal of Managed Care will provide an epidemiological and clinical overview of multiple sclerosis (MS), discuss current and emerging pharmacotherapeutic strategies for the disease, evaluate the burdens of disease, and examine the impact of changing public policies on the management of MS.Faculty
Luigi Brunetti, PharmD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, New Jersey
Samuel F. Hunter, MD, PhD
Director
Novel Pharmaceutics Institute
NeuroNexus Center for Education and Research
Advanced Neurosciences Institute
Franklin, Tennessee
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Megan Maroney, PharmD, BCPP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, New Jersey
Clinical Psychiatric Pharmacist
Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch, New Jersey
A. Scott Mathis, PharmD
Director of Pharmacy
Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch, New Jersey
Gary M. Owens, MD
President
Gary Owens Associates
Ocean View, Delaware
Faculty Disclosures
Samuel F. Hunter, MD, PhD, has disclosed the following relevant commercial financial relationships or affiliations in the past 12 months:
Grant/research support: Genzyme, Sanofi
Consultant/speaker’s bureau: Acorda, Bayer, Biogen Idec, Genzyme, Questcor, Teva Pharmaceuticals
Gary M. Owens, MD, has disclosed the following relevant commercial financial relationships or affiliations in the past 12 months:
Consultant/speaker’s bureau: Biogen Idec, Genzyme, Sanofi
Luigi Brunetti, PharmD, MPH; Megan Maroney, PharmD, BCPP; and A. Scott Mathis, PharmD, have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
The American Journal of Managed Care
Publishing staff—Jeff D. Prescott, PharmD, RPh; Ida Delmendo; and Tara Petersen have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Penn State College of Medicine
Planning staff and faculty involved in the development and review of this activity have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
Pharmacy Times Office of Continuing Professional Education
Planning staff—David Heckard; Steve Lin, PharmD, RPh; Donna Fausak; and Nathalie Harden have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.
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