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Theravance Biopharma, Inc. to Host Virtual Key Opinion Leader (KOL) Event to Discuss Ampreloxetine's Potential for the Treatment of Symptomatic Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension (nOH) in Patients with Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) on May 23, 2024
DUBLIN, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: TBPH) today announced it will host a virtual KOL event on Thursday,
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[{"type":"text","content":"DUBLIN, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (the \"Company\") (NASDAQ: TBPH) today announced it will host a virtual KOL event on Thursday, May 23, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM ET, featuring Horacio Kaufmann, MD, FAAN (Felicia B. Axelrod Professor of Neurology and Professor of Medicine at New York University Grossman School of Medicine) and Italo Biaggioni, MD (Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Director, Vanderbilt Autonomic Dysfunction Center), who will discuss the unmet need and current treatment landscape for MSA patients with symptomatic nOH. To register, click here.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe event will also feature presentations from the Company's CEO, Rick Winningham, Senior VP of Development, Aine Miller, and Chief Business Officer, Rhonda Farnum and will focus on the Company's clinical development program for ampreloxetine, an investigational, once-daily norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor with the potential to be a first-in-class therapy effective in treating a constellation of cardinal symptoms of nOH in MSA patients.\nA live question and answer session will follow the formal presentations.\nAbout Horacio Kaufmann, MD, FAAN\nDr. Kaufmann is the Axelrod Professor of Neurology, Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Autonomic Disorders, all at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. He is also the Director of the Dysautonomia Center at NYU Langone Health.\nDr. Kaufmann's clinical and research careers have been focused on genetic and neurodegenerative disorders affecting autonomic neurons, with particular emphasis on the synucleinopathies, including Pure Autonomic Failure, Parkinson disease and multiple system atrophy (MSA). He was the PI of the Natural History Study of the Synucleinopathies (NHSS), a multicenter prospective study running for ten years funded by the NINDS. Dr. Kaufmann has established an international collaboration of 22 centers in America, Europe and Asia that shares data and research projects and supports the careers of young clinical scientists. He was co-chair of the task force of the Movement Disorders Society to update the diagnostic criteria of MSA. He is currently the PI of the NINDS funded Clinical Trial Readiness in MSA, an international, multicenter, prospective, observational study to develop a novel clinical outcom...