Earlier this year, Ilene Miller, Hope for HH President attended  the Epilepsy  Foundation's annual Pipeline Conference.   The 2 day Pipeline was followed by a Community Day. Highlights from the meeting included:
  • The future of epilepsy medicine will be orphan indications based on genetic, structural components of the epilepsy. This could be good news for HH - drug companies are looking for small diseases they can target based on the unique aspects of the condition.
  • Look out for more therapeutic devices like seizure alerts/predictors; diaries; etc
  • Companies are exploring new drug delivery methods - think inhalants; 
  • Developing minimally invasive surgery using focal energy like laser and ultrasound remains hot; 
  • Lots of discussion about the efficacy of cannaboidials.
You can see ALL of the videos from the two day pipeline conference  here . A few MUST SEE talks are listed below:
See Hope for HH President Ilene Miller in action: talk about the importance of collaborations and partnerships  here  and the difference parents can make  here . 

As always, the Hope for HH strives to keep our patients, caregivers and community up-to-date on all that is happening in the HH and the epilepsies.

Regards, 
Your Hope for HH Board

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