American pharma giant Pfizer has enlisted the help of technology multinational IBM in an ambitious bid to transform both care and treatment for Parkinson's disease.
World Parkinson's Disease (PD) Day takes place annually on 11 April - the birthday of Dr James Parkinson, who was the first to describe the condition 'paralysis agitans' in An Essay on the Shak
US specialist pharma company Acorda is to acquire Biotie for $363 million, a move which it hopes will make it a leader in Parkinson's disease treatments.