Episode 177: Previewing the 2026 NEALS Annual Meeting Marco Meglio, Jinsy A. Andrews, MD, MSc, Nicholas Maragakis, MD

Published Date: 18 Oct 2026

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you an exclusive interview with Nicholas J. Maragakis, MD; and Jinsy Andrews, MD, MSc, FAAN, FANA. [LISTEN TIME: 23 minutes]

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FDA Grants Fast Track Status to EG-501 in Neuropsychiatric Lupus Marco Meglio

The designation follows phase 2 ClearMEMory data in which the oral NMDA receptor antagonist improved objective cognitive performance over placebo at 12 weeks.

MDS Congress 2026: Late-Breaking Data Snapshot Marco Meglio

A quick-read roundup of 10 late-breaking abstracts from the 2026 MDS Congress, from phase 3 Parkinson disease readouts to long-term data in Huntington disease and Tourette syndrome, with the key results that matter for practice.

New Phase 1 Study Tests Intrathecal Gene Therapy Agent INS1201 in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Marco Meglio

The phase 1 ASCEND trial is testing a single intrathecal dose of the investigational AAV9 gene therapy INS1201 in young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Satralizumab Reduces MOGAD Relapse Risk in Phase 3 METEOROID Trial Louie Pasculli

Findings from the phase 3 METEOROID trial showed that satralizumab reduced the risk of relapse in patients with relapsing myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease.

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The Galassia trial will evaluate the safety and tolerability of intranasal cenegermin in about 60 children with spastic cerebral palsy across Italy.

New analyses found differences in functional outcomes over 2 years among patients aged 8 to 12 years treated with delandistrogene moxeparvovec, while separate findings characterized micro-dystrophin expression in children younger than 3 years.

An analysis of the phase 3 GEMZ trial presented at CNS 2026 showed that fenfluramine produced comparable seizure reductions and safety outcomes in children and adults with CDKL5 deficiency disorder.

A post hoc analysis of the phase 2/3 NPC002 trial presented at CNS 2026 showed that the benefit of arimoclomol plus miglustat in Niemann-Pick disease type C emerged as early as 3 months after treatment initiation.

The professor of neurology and program director of Neuromuscular Medicine at UC Irvine, discusses phase 3 NIMBLE trial findings for cemdisiran in generalized myasthenia gravis, including its novel siRNA mechanism, efficacy, and hospitalization data.

New 48-week phase 3 data show many patients with generalized myasthenia gravis reached minimal symptom expression on telitacicept, and most who did sustained it.

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