Cost-Effectiveness of Disease- Modifying Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis: A Managed Care Perspective

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Faculty

Jacquelyn Bainbridge, BSPharm, PharmD

Professor

Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Department of Neurology

School of Medicine

Anschutz Medical Campus

University of Colorado

Aurora, Colorado

Felecia M. Hart, PharmD

Clinical Neurology Research Fellow

Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

University of Colorado

Aurora, Colorado

Samuel F. Hunter, MD, PhD

President

Advanced Neurosciences Institute

Franklin, Tennessee

University Director

NeuroNexus Center

Neurology Research at the Novel Pharmaceutics Institute

Franklin, Tennessee

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Neurology

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Nashville, Tennessee

Gary M. Owens, MD

President

Gary Owens Associates

Ocean View, Delaware

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President and Principal Biomedical Writer

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Lopatcong, New Jersey

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Faculty Disclosures

These faculty report relationships with the following organizations:

Samuel F. Hunter, MD, PhD

Consultant:

AbbVie, Bayer, Genentech/Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme

Multicenter clinical research trial participation:

Adamas, Biogen, Genentech/Roche, Teva

Research grant support:

Sanofi-Genzyme

Speakers’ Bureau:

Mallinckrodt, Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme, Teva

Gary Owens, MD

Consultant:

Biogen, Genentech/Roche, Genzyme, Novartis

Honoraria:

Biogen, Genentech/Roche, Genzyme, Novartis

Jacquelyn Bainbridge, BSPharm, PharmD, and Felecia M. Hart, PharmD, have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Editorial Support Discloures

Karen Golebowski, MS; Cynthia L. Kryder, MS, CCC-Sp;

Elizabeth Paczolt, MD, FACNM,

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The contents of this activity may include information regarding the use of products that may be inconsistent with or outside the approved labeling for these products in the United States. Participants should

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