More data on the safety of generic substitution
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- First Published September 28, 2016.
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- Gregory L. Krauss, MD and
- Michael Privitera
- Gregory L. Krauss, MD and
(1) Lundbeck Sabril safety board. 2) NINDS study safety board
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(1) Epilepsia, editorial board
1) provisional patent application for epilepsy seizure detector medical device
(1) The Johns Hopkins Digital EEG Atlas, JHU Press, 2006, 2015
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1) Eisai Inc, commercial entity 2) Acorda Inc, commercial entity.
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(1) UCB Pharma, Principal Investigator, 2009-Present; (2) SK Life Science, Principal Investigator, 2012-Present; (3) Novartis, Principal Investigator, 2012-2015; 4) Pfizer, Principal investigator, 2015-Present.
(1) NIA, RC2AG036419, Principal Investigator, 2009-Present
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(1) The Epilepsy Research Foundation, Co-Principal Investigator, 2009-Present
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Abbott, medical legal review; 2016.
- Michael Privitera
DSMB for Upsher Smith, Astellas, and consulting for Lilly
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Editorial board for Seizure
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grant support from 1. UCB, Brivaracetam trial 2. Eisai, clinical trial of parampanel 3. Neuren pharmaceuticals, EEG interpretation for multicenter trial of traumatic brain injury 4. GW Pharmaceuticals, Epidiolex trial
1) NIH, MONEAD trial, site PI NIH 2U01NS038455-11A1 2) FDA through SBIR FEFA awarded for EQUIGEN generic equivalence studies
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Shor Foundation for Epilepsy Research, studies on stress and seizures (no grant number) Epilepsy Foundation, EQUIGEN studies (no grant number) American Epilepsy Society, EQUIGEN studies (no grant number)
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- From the Department of Neurology (G.L.K.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and Department of Neurology (M.P.), University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
- Correspondence to Dr. Krauss: gkrauss{at}jhmi.edu
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