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Johns Hopkins University Hospital & Neuropace

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Epilepsy Treatment

Organizational Effectiveness
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Agenda

  • Epilepsy Quiz
  • Facts about Epilepsy
  • Research Hospitals
  • Pharmaceutical Companies
  • Universities
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Epilepsy Quiz

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epilepsy facts

  • 1 in 26 Americans will develop epilepsy in their lifetime
  • Approximately 65 million people worldwide live with epilepsy
  • In 2/3 of patients diagnosed with epilepsy, the cause is unknown
  • Affects more people than MS, CP, muscular dystrophy and Parkinsons combined
  • Fewer federal dollars per patient than EACH of these individually.
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Epilepsy facts continued

  • Up to 50k deaths occur annually from epilepsy
  • SUDEP accounts for 34% of all deaths in children
  • 440k soldiers have experienced TBI and more than 100k will develop PTE
  • Epilepsy costs the US $15.5 B annually.  
  • (retreived from http://www.cureepilepsy.org/aboutepilepsy/facts.asp)
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Medication Types

  • Tegretol/Carbetrol
  • Keppra
  • Onfi
  • Dilantin
  • Topamax

Organizational Effectiveness at

Pharmaceutical Companies
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Companies making Epilepsy drugs

  • Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Topamax)
  • UCB (Keppra)
  • Lundbeck (Onfi)
  • Novartis (Tegretol)
  • Shire (Carbetrol)
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Company purpose

  • Contributing to the health of the community
  • Bottom line
  • Charitable contributions (e.g. Seizure Response Dogs)
  • Research & Development

Janssen Pharmaceuticals

Importance of Medication Management
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What did Janssen Pharmaceuticals Do Right?

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Organizational Effectiveness at

Research Hospitals

Johns Hopkins University Hospital

  • #1 in Neurology and Neurosurgery - US News & World Report
  • #1 as a hospital for 21 years running - US News & World Report
  • One of the first & leading research hospitals looking into dietary therapy
  • Medications, VNS, Dietary therapy, & Surgery are all used

What Are the Things Johns Hopkins did Right?

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What happens when Pharmaceutical companies

& Research Hospitals Collide???

Single vs Double Blind studies

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Blind Studies

  • Refers to the level of impartiality of the study
  • Single blind studies - only participants do not know
  • Double blind studies - both participants & researchers do not know
  • Double blind studies can remove the bias from studies
  • Sometimes Single blind is preferred as it is necessary

Single Blind Experiment

Coffee Taste Test

What did you notice?