1. Klaus Schmierer presents disclosures related to research funding and speaking engagements from various pharmaceutical companies involved in multiple sclerosis treatment.
2. He discusses two important lessons about MS treatment - that the disease is progressive from the start, and patients have a better chance of avoiding disability if treated early.
3. Selective immune reconstitution therapy (SIRT) and treatments like alemtuzumab and cladribine that deplete memory B cells have been shown to be highly effective at controlling disease activity, with alemtuzumab demonstrating similar efficacy to cladribine but with different adverse effect profiles.